Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
152
100
90
66
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
172
146
104
55
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
248
193
137
81
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
133
121
100
61
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
102
82
65
32
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
128
116
87
57
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
92
77
61
36
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
109
97
64
31
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
175
158
117
65
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High14650
1080p Ultra12137
1440p Ultra9227
4K Ultra5413
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
14565
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy144154203
Solar Bay6675911205
Port Royal8898838
Fire Strike3727713131
Night Raid15848054567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
151680
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur235.3 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection157.9 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.53 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection7.44 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.87 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.58 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching737.7 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22409.2 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
23734
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark1102747
DirectX 11208 fps72 fps
DirectX 1298 fps37 fps
GPU Compute11971 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
132.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)731.5 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase715.5 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)572.7 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex2821.6 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 24489.8 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2141.8 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation4685.11538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced August, 9, 2023 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Pascal
Codename AD104 GP106
Price 1250 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 1500 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2175 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 174 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 418 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 26.7 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 130 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 294 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 35 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2250 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 160 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 20 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
360 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 RTX 4000 Ada the clear winner in this comparison.

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