Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

18 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
VS
43 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
vs
GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
68
37
29
16
139
92
79
57
The Witcher 3
54
40
26
13
163
131
97
52
Counter-Strike 2
96
63
42
18
233
180
129
71
Far Cry 6
50
45
33
15
120
109
88
52
Hogwarts Legacy
32
22
18
9
90
75
58
28
COD Modern Warfare 3
38
32
22
13
112
104
74
49
Ghost of Tsushima
29
20
16
9
82
68
54
29
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
19
n/a
96
84
52
24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
57
49
34
18
150
135
102
56
Avg FPS
1080p High50132
1080p Ultra37109
1440p Ultra2781
4K Ultra1346
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
12551
Time Spy420312514
Solar Bay1120554416
Port Royal8387379
Fire Strike1313129944
Night Raid54567113930
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
115081
Background Blur100.2 frames/s158.5 frames/s
Face Detection48.1 frames/s116.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.54 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.25 Gpix/sec5.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.58 Gpix/sec6.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.25 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching136.9 Gpix/sec528.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4220.5 fps16372.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
19587
G2D Mark747759
DirectX 1172 fps179 fps
DirectX 1237 fps85 fps
GPU Compute4310 Ops/s8386 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
135.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)309.1 fps799.4 fps
Car Chase299.9 fps702.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)253.8 fps560.4 fps
T-Rex1307.9 fps3084 fps
ALU 25983.8 fps4439.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2282.6 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1538.64604.7
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
21186
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
34404
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
16559
Image Classification (SP)n/a8642
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a20635
Horizon Detectionn/a26378
Face Detection (HP)n/a39776
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a105983
Text Classification (SP)n/a2995
Machine Translation (HP)n/a4507
Object Detection (SP)n/a10198
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a41078
Style Transfer (SP)n/a190315
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
3619.97

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 19, 2016 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Pascal Ada Lovelace
Codename GP106 AD106 (GN21-X6)
Price 299 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 735-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1709 MHz 1230-2175 MHz
Shader Units 1280 4608
TMUs 80 144
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 10 36
Ray Tracing Cores No 36
Tensor Cores No 144
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 82 Gpix/sec 59-104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 137 GTex/s 177-313 GTex/s
FLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS 11.3-20 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 120 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 200 mm² 186 mm²
Transistor count 4 billion 22.9 billion
Transistor density 20 MTr/mm² 123.12 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
192.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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