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GeForce GTX 1070 Ti vs GTX 1060

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
VS
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
GP104
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
GP106

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB with 19 pipelines and 2432 shaders against the 1 year and 4 months older GTX 1060 6 GB that utilizes 10 pipelines and 1280 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
8 GB GDDR5
VS
6 GB GDDR5
21.1
(Mediocre)
Value Index
9.9
(Bad)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1060 over GTX 1070 Ti
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
  • Performs significantly better (up to 63%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 86% higher maximum theoretical performance (8.2 vs 4.4 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 67% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 45 vs 27 FPS
  • Includes 2 GB more video memory
  • Achieves 47% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (57K vs 39K)
  • Has 33% higher memory bandwidth: 256.3 vs 192.2 GB/s
  • Has 90% more shading units (2432 vs 1280)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
GTX 1070 Ti
vs
GTX 1060

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
97
56
45
29
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
95
77
53
27
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
149
104
78
37
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
78
70
52
25
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
54
42
31
16
32
22
18
9
CoD: Modern Warfare III
63
52
37
23
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
49
37
26
13
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
51
48
26
12
30
26
19
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
87
77
53
28
57
49
34
18
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 80 50
1080p Ultra 63 37
1440p Ultra 45 27
4K Ultra 23 13
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
GTX 1070 Ti +63%
6671
GTX 1060
4085
Time Spy 6842 4203
Solar Bay 18306 11278
Port Royal 1554 844
Fire Strike 20113 13132
Wild Life Extreme 13255 8510
Night Raid 78888 54686
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
GTX 1070 Ti +47%
57735
GTX 1060
39230
Background Blur 149.2 img/sec 100.2 img/sec
Face Detection 67.6 img/sec 48.1 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.36 Gpixels/sec 1.54 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 3.57 Gpixels/sec 2.25 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 4.32 Gpixels/sec 2.58 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.27 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 209.6 Gpixels/sec 136.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 6584.9 FPS 4220.5 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
GTX 1070 Ti +47%
3806
GTX 1060
2586

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
GTX 1070 Ti +46%
14668
GTX 1060
10026
G2D Mark 876 737
DirectX 11 106 FPS 72 FPS
DirectX 12 52 FPS 37 FPS
GPU Compute 7166 Ops/s 4246 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 13017 & 48280 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
GTX 1070 Ti +68%
629.56
GTX 1060
375.82
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 379 & 936 samples
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GTX 1070 Ti +36%
8949
GTX 1060
6580
GB6 ML Half Precision
GTX 1070 Ti +32%
8769
GTX 1060
6649
GB6 ML Quantized
GTX 1070 Ti +36%
6546
GTX 1060
4804
Image Classification (SP) 3473 1462
Image Segmentation (HP) 5149 3872
Image Super Resolution (Q) 9722 8136
Face Detection (HP) 9306 6356
Pose Estimation (Q) 34870 33181
Text Classification (SP) 2139 1806
Machine Translation (HP) 2424 3149
Object Detection (SP) 4566 2096
Depth Estimation (Q) 14316 10515
Style Transfer (SP) 88984 67831
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce GTX 1070 Ti and GTX 1060

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released November 2, 2017 July 19, 2016
Launch price (MSRP) - $299
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Pascal Pascal
GPU Codename GP104 GP106
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 5600 XT -
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5060
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i7 7700K or above - Intel Core i7 7700 or above
Desktop GPU rating (73rd and 83rd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1607 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost Clock 1683 MHz 1709 MHz
Shading Units 2432 1280
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 152 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 64 48
Compute Units (Pipelines) 19 10
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores No No
L1 Cache 48KB per cluster 48KB per cluster
L2 Cache 2MB shared 1536KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 108 GPixel/s 82 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 256 GTexel/s 137 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
GTX 1070 Ti +86%
8.2 TFLOPS
GTX 1060
4.4 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 180 W 120 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 16 nm 16 nm
Die Size 314 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor Count 7 billion 4 billion
Transistor Density 22.29 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory Clock 2002 MHz 2002 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 8000 Mbps 8000 Mbps
Bus 256-bit 192-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
GTX 1070 Ti +33%
256.3 GB/s
GTX 1060
192.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 6.1 6.1
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Further details
Notes on GTX 1060:
    - There is also 3GB memory version, which is about 10% slower.

Cast your vote

Choose between two graphics cards
10 (90.9%)
1 (9.1%)
Total votes: 11

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