Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB), vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
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
161
104
94
72
63
34
28
15
The Witcher 3
177
152
109
59
45
39
27
12
Counter-Strike 2
266
199
143
82
84
57
41
16
Far Cry 6
137
127
108
67
49
44
31
14
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
28
23
18
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
139
130
96
63
39
32
22
14
Ghost of Tsushima
96
82
63
37
24
16
14
9
Cyberpunk 2077
121
106
68
30
30
26
16
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
130
70
51
45
29
16
Avg FPS
1080p High15546
1080p Ultra13035
1440p Ultra9825
4K Ultra5812
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
16164
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Time Spy158833863
Solar Bay756799888
Port Royal10187824
Fire Strike4267012267
Night Raid14778550787
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
134677
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Background Blurn/a92.6 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a43.3 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a2.04 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a2.28 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a110.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a3306.4 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
G2D Mark1200772
DirectX 11217 fps71 fps
DirectX 1286 fps35 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s4116 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a284.8 fps
Car Chasen/a280.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a245.2 fps
T-Rexn/a1203.9 fps
ALU 2n/a5992 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a231.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1404.6

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
4313.42
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 August, 18, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Pascal
Codename GB206-300 GP106
Price n/a 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1708 MHz
Shader Units 4608 1152
TMUs 144 72
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 36 9
Ray Tracing Cores 36 No
Tensor Cores 144 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 123 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 180 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 3 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
192.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 6.1
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) the clear winner in this comparison.

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