Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
89
52
42
24
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
85
67
46
24
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
133
93
66
32
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
70
62
50
23
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
46
36
28
14
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
49
31
22
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
41
32
25
12
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
46
41
23
10
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
76
73
49
22
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High7150
1080p Ultra5637
1440p Ultra4027
4K Ultra2013
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
5844
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy60914203
Solar Bay1580911205
Port Royal1275838
Fire Strike1870713131
Night Raid7227354567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
53429
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur142.3 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection65.1 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.2 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.23 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.74 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.3 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching195.6 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5161.6 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
13504
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark847747
DirectX 11100 fps72 fps
DirectX 1248 fps37 fps
GPU Compute6129 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
75.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)423.4 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase391.1 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)360 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex1942.3 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 25965.8 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2271.6 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation21861538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 10, 2016 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Pascal Pascal
Codename GP104 GP106
Price 379 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1683 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 1920 1280
TMUs 120 80
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units 15 10
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 108 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 150 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 314 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 7 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 22.29 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
256.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
192.2 GB/s

API

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

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