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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

36 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
VS
18 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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 RTX 4060
vs
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
127
81
70
49
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
142
114
82
46
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
204
154
114
57
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
107
96
75
42
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
80
66
50
26
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
96
89
64
41
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
74
61
45
25
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
83
74
44
22
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
130
119
87
43
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High11650
1080p Ultra9537
1440p Ultra7027
4K Ultra3913
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
10688
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy106204203
Solar Bay4904011205
Port Royal6050838
Fire Strike2855913131
Night Raid12186754567
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
106633
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur186.9 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection112.7 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.92 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.16 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.94 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.34 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching446.2 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics14935.1 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
19712
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark1080747
DirectX 11174 fps72 fps
DirectX 1277 fps37 fps
GPU Compute9311 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
118.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)709 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase615.4 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.1 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex2635.8 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 23284 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2280.8 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3372.61538.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
17857
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
29214
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
14234
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
Image Classification (SP)7696n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)13706n/a
Horizon Detection23289n/a
Face Detection (HP)31126n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)78361n/a
Text Classification (SP)3315n/a
Machine Translation (HP)3491n/a
Object Detection (SP)9386n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)36778n/a
Style Transfer (SP)148120n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
3174.4
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 18, 2023 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Pascal
Codename AD107 GP106
Price n/a 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 1830 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2460 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 3072 1280
TMUs 96 80
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 24 10
Ray Tracing Cores 24 No
Tensor Cores 96 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 24000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 118 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 236 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 15.1 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 115 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 159 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 18 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 113.21 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency n/a 2002 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
272 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 8.9 6.1
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 3 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 the clear winner in this comparison.

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