Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 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
277
199
191
154
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
288
265
187
100
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
329
244
185
91
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
203
182
167
104
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
201
164
132
76
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
274
258
221
149
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
183
154
137
91
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
227
208
143
68
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
304
277
215
119
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High25450
1080p Ultra21737
1440p Ultra17527
4K Ultra10613
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
42191
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy363224203
Solar Bay18693011205
Port Royal26115838
Fire Strike7225313131
Night Raid19530054567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
316301
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur318.9 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection222.8 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection14.2 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection21 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur23.9 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.38 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1950 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics48090.4 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
38303
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark1297747
DirectX 11329 fps72 fps
DirectX 12150 fps37 fps
GPU Compute27111 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
615.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1617.6 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase1228.6 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1234.6 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex6286 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 215073.4 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2303.7 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation12119.11538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 20, 2022 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Pascal
Codename AD102 GP106
Price 1599 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 2235 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 16384 1280
TMUs 512 80
ROPs 176 48
Execution Units 128 10
Ray Tracing Cores 128 No
Tensor Cores 512 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 72 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 444 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1290 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 82.6 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 450 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 609 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 76.3 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 125.29 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2625 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 384 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
1010 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 4090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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