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GeForce RTX 4060 vs GTX 1060

GeForce RTX 4060
VS
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
AD107
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
GP106

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB with 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders against the 6 years and 11 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 GDDR6
VS
6 GB GDDR5
41.6
(Average)
Value Index
9.9
(Bad)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1060 over RTX 4060
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4060
  • Performs significantly better (up to 2.6x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 3.4x higher maximum theoretical performance (15.1 vs 4.4 TFLOPS)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
  • Shows 2.6x higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 69 vs 27 FPS
  • Ray-tracing support with 24 dedicated RT cores

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RTX 4060
vs
GTX 1060

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
128
78
66
47
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
143
117
82
44
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
208
157
111
58
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
105
98
76
45
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
78
65
47
26
32
22
18
9
CoD: Modern Warfare III
98
90
64
43
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
73
61
45
27
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
82
75
43
22
30
26
19
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
128
119
85
46
57
49
34
18
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 116 50
1080p Ultra 96 37
1440p Ultra 69 27
4K Ultra 40 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
RTX 4060 +162%
10683
GTX 1060
4085
Time Spy 10615 4203
Solar Bay 49340 11278
Port Royal 6054 844
Fire Strike 28540 13132
Wild Life Extreme 20610 8510
Night Raid 121368 54686
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RTX 4060 +172%
106633
GTX 1060
39230
Background Blur 186.9 img/sec 100.2 img/sec
Face Detection 112.7 img/sec 48.1 img/sec
Horizon Detection 3.92 Gpixels/sec 1.54 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 5.16 Gpixels/sec 2.25 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 4.94 Gpixels/sec 2.58 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.34 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 446.2 Gpixels/sec 136.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 14935.1 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
RTX 4060 +310%
10606
GTX 1060
2586

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RTX 4060 +94%
19489
GTX 1060
10026
G2D Mark 1036 737
DirectX 11 174 FPS 72 FPS
DirectX 12 76 FPS 37 FPS
GPU Compute 9156 Ops/s 4246 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 27959 & 48280 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RTX 4060 +734%
3134.66
GTX 1060
375.82
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 2064 & 936 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 4060
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand)GeekBench105636
📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand)Cinebench 202410606
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GeForce GTX 1060
No benchmark results yet
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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
RTX 4060 +171%
17857
GTX 1060
6580
GB6 ML Half Precision
RTX 4060 +339%
29214
GTX 1060
6649
GB6 ML Quantized
RTX 4060 +196%
14234
GTX 1060
4804
Image Classification (SP) 7696 1462
Image Segmentation (HP) 13706 3872
Image Super Resolution (Q) 23289 8136
Face Detection (HP) 31126 6356
Pose Estimation (Q) 78361 33181
Text Classification (SP) 3315 1806
Machine Translation (HP) 3491 3149
Object Detection (SP) 9386 2096
Depth Estimation (Q) 36778 10515
Style Transfer (SP) 148120 67831
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4060 and GTX 1060

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released May 18, 2023 July 19, 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $299
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Pascal
GPU Codename AD107 GP106
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 7700 XT -
Successor - GeForce RTX 5060 - GeForce RTX 5060
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 14600K or above - Intel Core i7 7700 or above
Desktop GPU rating (53rd and 83rd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1830 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost Clock 2460 MHz 1709 MHz
Shading Units 3072 1280
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 96 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 48
Compute Units (Pipelines) 24 10
Tensor Cores 96 No
Ray-tracing Cores 24 No
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 48KB per cluster
L2 Cache 24MB shared 1536KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 118 GPixel/s 82 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 236 GTexel/s 137 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RTX 4060 +243%
15.1 TFLOPS
GTX 1060
4.4 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 115 W 120 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 16 nm
Die Size 159 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor Count 18 billion 4 billion
Transistor Density 113.21 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory Clock - 2002 MHz
Effective Memory Speed - 8000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 192-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RTX 4060 +42%
272 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 8.9 6.1
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 3 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Further details
Notes on GTX 1060:
    - There is also 3GB memory version, which is about 10% slower.

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