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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
VS
18 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, 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 5070 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 5070
vs
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High18950
1080p Ultra16237
1440p Ultra12627
4K Ultra7513
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy226134203
Solar Bay10376811205
Port Royal14312838
Fire Strike5779313131
Night Raid17298654567
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur254.4 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark1297747
DirectX 11277 fps72 fps
DirectX 12108 fps37 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a309.1 fps
Car Chasen/a299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a253.8 fps
T-Rexn/a1307.9 fps
ALU 2n/a5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a282.6 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1538.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
Image Classification (SP)12270n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)30237n/a
Horizon Detection35585n/a
Face Detection (HP)62662n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)145190n/a
Text Classification (SP)4198n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6233n/a
Object Detection (SP)16709n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)58300n/a
Style Transfer (SP)246598n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Pascal
Codename GB205-300 GP106
Price n/a 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 6144 1280
TMUs 192 80
ROPs 80 48
Execution Units 48 10
Ray Tracing Cores 48 No
Tensor Cores 192 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 250 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 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 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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 5070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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