GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
2016UnverifiedThe 1080p sweet spot that defined a generation of budget gaming
Launch price $249Today $149
Then vs. now
5228The frontier has moved: down 24 points since 2016.
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| Dimension | At launch | Today |
|---|---|---|
| Raster perf | 70 | 15 |
| Ray tracing | 3 | 15 |
| AI compute | 18 | 15 |
| Efficiency | 65 | 23 |
| Thermals & noise | 75 | 53 |
| Value | 82 | 45 |
Today-scores are recomputed against the current market frontier. How scoring works
Why the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB stands out
Where it beats the average graphics card in its class.
TDP
120 W
1.9× less than the 232 average
Recommended PSU
400 W
48% less than the 593 average
Boost Clock
1708 MHz
19% more than the 1,441 average
Specifications
Core Specs
- CUDA Cores
- 1280
- Boost Clock
- 1708 MHz
- Memory Capacity
- 6 GB GDDR5
- Memory Interface
- 192-bit
Performance
- Memory Bandwidth
- 192 GB/s
- FP32 Compute
- 4.4 TFLOPS
Power & Thermal
- TDP
- 120 W
- Recommended PSU
- 400 W