GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB Vs 960 [in 1 Benchmark] - Technical City

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	218	342
Place by popularity	23	53
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	22.63	9.13
Power efficiency	14.35	9.11
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	GP106	GM206
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	18 August 2016 (8 years ago)	22 January 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1060 3 GB has 148% better value for money than GTX 960.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1152	1024
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1127 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz	1178 MHz
Number of transistors	4,400 million	2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	123.0	75.39
Floating-point processing power	3.935 TFLOPS	2.413 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	32
TMUs	72	64

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	250 mm	241 mm
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	no data	400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
SLI options	-	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	112 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support	no data	4 displays
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
G-SYNC support	-	+
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	-	+
GeForce ShadowPlay	-	+
GPU Boost	no data	2.0
GameWorks	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	+
CUDA	6.1	+