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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

42 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
VS
17 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. 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 5060 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
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 5060
vs
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
63
34
28
15
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
45
39
27
12
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
84
57
41
16
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
49
44
31
14
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
28
23
18
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
39
32
22
14
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
24
16
14
9
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
30
26
16
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
51
45
29
16
Avg FPS
1080p High13646
1080p Ultra11435
1440p Ultra8525
4K Ultra4812
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Time Spy137013863
Solar Bay632149888
Port Royal8595824
Fire Strike3761212267
Night Raid11162650787
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Background Blur209.1 frames/s92.6 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s43.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec2.04 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec2.28 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec110.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps3306.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
G2D Mark1152772
DirectX 11199 fps71 fps
DirectX 1277 fps35 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s4116 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
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
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
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 GB206-250 GP106
Price n/a 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1708 MHz
Shader Units 3840 1152
TMUs 120 72
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 30 9
Ray Tracing Cores 30 No
Tensor Cores 120 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 120 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 123 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 145 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 120.99 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
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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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