Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 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
156
102
93
68
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
177
148
105
59
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
261
198
140
81
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
134
124
102
64
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
104
85
65
36
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
133
120
93
60
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
94
79
63
36
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
115
102
63
29
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
178
165
125
68
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High15050
1080p Ultra12537
1440p Ultra9427
4K Ultra5613
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
15403
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy148734203
Solar Bay6982711205
Port Royal8880838
Fire Strike3722713131
Night Raid13362254567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
136096
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur197 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection128.1 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.56 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.81 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.47 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.26 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching609.3 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18205 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
23425
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark1051747
DirectX 11192 fps72 fps
DirectX 1291 fps37 fps
GPU Compute11708 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
194.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)865.5 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase699.5 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)610.7 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex3191.9 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 24526.7 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2288.3 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation4520.61538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced June, 10, 2021 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Pascal
Codename GA104 GP106
Price 599 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 1575 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1770 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 6144 1280
TMUs 192 80
ROPs 96 48
Execution Units 48 10
Ray Tracing Cores 48 No
Tensor Cores 192 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 170 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 340 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 21.7 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 290 W 120 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 392 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 43.37 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1188 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
608.3 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 8.6 6.1
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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