GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 3G
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 3G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 199 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 3G has the GP106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G is based on the graphics chip GP106-400-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 3G GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
1152 Shader 1280
48 Render Output Units 48
72 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 3G clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G is 8.3 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.079 GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 2.079 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.3 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 199 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.620 GHz
1.746 GHz Boost Clock 1.873 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.85 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 3G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 3G is equipped with a total of 1 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 3G.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 3G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 3G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

169 mm Length 281 mm
131 mm Height 137 mm
37 mm Width 59 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX 3G has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2016.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N1060IX-3GD Part-no GV-N1060XTREME-6GD
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2016
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
16 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)

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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