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GeForce RTX 5060 vs GTX 1060

GeForce RTX 5060
VS
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
GB206-250
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
GP106

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5060 8 GB with 30 pipelines and 3840 shaders against the 8 years and 10 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 GDDR7
VS
6 GB GDDR5
64.9
(Average)
Value Index
9.9
(Bad)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1060 over RTX 5060
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060
  • Performs significantly better (up to 3.4x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 4.4x higher maximum theoretical performance (19.2 vs 4.4 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 3.1x higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 85 vs 27 FPS
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
  • Ray-tracing support with 30 dedicated RT cores

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RTX 5060
vs
GTX 1060

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
32
22
18
9
CoD: Modern Warfare III
117
108
80
51
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
30
26
19
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
57
49
34
18
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 136 50
1080p Ultra 114 37
1440p Ultra 85 27
4K Ultra 48 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 5060 +242%
13989
GTX 1060
4085
Time Spy 13751 4203
Solar Bay 64641 11278
Port Royal 8694 844
Fire Strike 37594 13132
Wild Life Extreme 26198 8510
Night Raid 133318 54686
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RTX 5060 +226%
127848
GTX 1060
39230
Background Blur 209.1 img/sec 100.2 img/sec
Face Detection 134.3 img/sec 48.1 img/sec
Horizon Detection 4.67 Gpixels/sec 1.54 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 6.13 Gpixels/sec 2.25 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 6.39 Gpixels/sec 2.58 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.36 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 607.8 Gpixels/sec 136.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 18827.5 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 5060
n/a
GTX 1060
2586

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RTX 5060 +106%
20623
GTX 1060
10026
G2D Mark 1145 737
DirectX 11 200 FPS 72 FPS
DirectX 12 77 FPS 37 FPS
GPU Compute 10396 Ops/s 4246 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 16484 & 48280 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RTX 5060 +882%
3690.41
GTX 1060
375.66
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 721 & 943 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 5060
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-20 -> bangGeekbench 6 OpenCL143443
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GeForce GTX 1060
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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 5060 +210%
20375
GTX 1060
6580
GB6 ML Half Precision
RTX 5060 +462%
37358
GTX 1060
6649
GB6 ML Quantized
RTX 5060 +216%
15190
GTX 1060
4804
Image Classification (SP) 8362 1462
Image Segmentation (HP) 22831 3872
Image Super Resolution (Q) 22375 8136
Face Detection (HP) 41955 6356
Pose Estimation (Q) 84685 33181
Text Classification (SP) 3296 1806
Machine Translation (HP) 5083 3149
Object Detection (SP) 11023 2096
Depth Estimation (Q) 38817 10515
Style Transfer (SP) 155103 67831
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 and GTX 1060

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released April 15, 2025 July 19, 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $299
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Pascal
GPU Codename GB206-250 GP106
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 9060 XT -
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5060
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above - Intel Core i7 7700 or above
Desktop GPU rating (42nd and 84th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 2280 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost Clock 2500 MHz 1709 MHz
Shading Units 3840 1280
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 120 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 48
Compute Units (Pipelines) 30 10
Tensor Cores 120 No
Ray-tracing Cores 30 No
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 48KB per cluster
L2 Cache 32MB shared 1536KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 GPixel/s 82 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTexel/s 137 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RTX 5060 +336%
19.2 TFLOPS
GTX 1060
4.4 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 145 W 120 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 16 nm
Die Size 181 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor Count 21.9 billion 4 billion
Transistor Density 120.99 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²
Max. Temperature 89°C -

Memory

Memory Type GDDR7 GDDR5
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 28000 Mbps 8000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 192-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RTX 5060 +133%
448 GB/s
GTX 1060
192.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 12.0 6.1
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Further details
Notes on GTX 1060:
    - There is also 3GB memory version, which is about 10% slower.

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