Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 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
151
98
85
64
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
171
141
104
55
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
241
195
134
78
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
131
119
95
56
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
97
81
60
33
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
120
116
81
53
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
88
74
57
31
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
105
93
60
26
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
164
151
112
59
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High14150
1080p Ultra11937
1440p Ultra8827
4K Ultra5113
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy136414203
Solar Bay6418411205
Port Royal8309838
Fire Strike3403413131
Night Raid12095654567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur161.6 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection117.2 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.89 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.05 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.65 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.25 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching550.6 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17613.1 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark998747
DirectX 11181 fps72 fps
DirectX 1285 fps37 fps
GPU Compute11282 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)856 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase668 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)592.9 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex3078.4 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 24531.5 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2283 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation4563.31538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 22, 2020 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 499 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 1500 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1725 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 5888 1280
TMUs 184 80
ROPs 96 48
Execution Units 46 10
Ray Tracing Cores 46 No
Tensor Cores 184 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 166 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 317 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 220 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 GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
448 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
7 (46.67%)
8 (53.33%)
Total Votes: 15

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