GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G
vs
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC V2 LHR


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G and the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC V2 LHR, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and has 1280 texture shaders and 10 execution units.

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC V2 LHR is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR, which has 4864 shaders and 38 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G GPU ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC V2 LHR
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip GA104-202-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 38
1280 Shader 4864
48 Render Output Units 80
80 Texture Units 152
0 Raytracing Cores 38

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC V2 LHR can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC V2 LHR is 1.410 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.410 GHz
1.860 GHz Boost Clock 1.785 GHz
1.84 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.76 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC V2 LHR has a TDP of 200 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 200 W
-- TDP (up) 220 W
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC V2 LHR has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 95 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 33-35 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC V2 LHR supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC V2 LHR is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G is 280 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC V2 LHR is 301 mm long, 143 mm high and 54 mm wide.

280 mm Length 301 mm
111 mm Height 143 mm
38 mm Width 54 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC V2 LHR was introduced in Q2/2021 at a price of 479 $.

GV-N1060AORUS-6GD Part-no TUF-RTX3060TI-O8G-GAMING-V2
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2021
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 479 $
16 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet 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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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