GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G
vs
Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G and the Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and has 10496 texture shaders and 82 execution units.

Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, which has 1280 shaders and 10 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G GPU Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
GA102-300-A1 GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
82 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
10496 Shader 1280
112 Render Output Units 48
328 Texture Units 80
82 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G has 24 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 936 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

24 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR5
1.219 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
19.5 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
936 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G clocks in the base with up to 1.395 GHz. The base frequency of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is 1.506 GHz.

1.395 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.860 GHz Boost Clock 1.708 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G is 400 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 3 x 8-Pin connector.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

400 W TDP 120 W
435 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 115 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
1 x 100 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
43 dB Noise (Load) --

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 RTX 3090 XTREME 24G.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G is 319 mm long, 140 mm high and 70 mm wide.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is 252 mm long, 112 mm high and -- wide.

319 mm Length 252 mm
140 mm Height 112 mm
70 mm Width --
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G was released in Q4/2020 at a price of 1,799 $.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

GV-N3090AORUS X-24GD Part-no 426018336-371
Q4/2020 Release date Q3/2016
1,799 $ Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 16 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)

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
123 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
206 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
54 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 XTREME 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
219 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
73 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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