EVGA GeForce GTX 970
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 has 1664 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.18 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 3.92 TFLOPS.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X has 1280 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.71 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.38 TFLOPS.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 13 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 10 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (GDDR5X)
GM204-200-A1 GPU Chip GP104-150-KA-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Pascal
13 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
1664 Shader 1280
56 Render Output Units 48
104 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.001GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.001 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 has a turbo clock of 1.178 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X is 1.708 GHz.

1.050 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.178 GHz Boost Clock 1.708 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 has 2 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

145 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Radial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
1x DP v1.2 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
2 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

241 mm Length 250 mm
111 mm Height 111 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, EVGA GeForce GTX 970 was released in Q3/2014.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

04G-P4-1970-KR Part-no --
Q3/2014 Release date Q3/2016
299 $ Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 16 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X
6 GB GDDR5
75 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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