GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC D5X 6G GDDR5X
vs
Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC D5X 6G GDDR5X and the Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC D5X 6G GDDR5X is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (GDDR5X) and has 1280 texture shaders and 10 execution units.

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, which has 5888 shaders and 46 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC D5X 6G GDDR5X GPU Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (GDDR5X) Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
GP104-150-KA-A1 GPU Chip GA104-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
1280 Shader 5888
48 Render Output Units 96
80 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC D5X 6G GDDR5X has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.001 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 GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC D5X 6G GDDR5X clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC is 1.500 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.797 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
1.77 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC D5X 6G GDDR5X is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC has a TDP of 270 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 270 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC D5X 6G GDDR5X has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 42-44 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 GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC D5X 6G GDDR5X.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC D5X 6G GDDR5X supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC D5X 6G GDDR5X is 280 mm long, 114 mm high and 41 mm wide.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC is 304 mm long, 136 mm high and 60 mm wide.

280 mm Length 304 mm
114 mm Height 136 mm
41 mm Width 60 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 GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC D5X 6G GDDR5X was released in Q3/2018 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

The Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC was introduced in Q4/2020 at a price of 689 $.

GV-N1060WF3OC-6GD Part-no NE63070H19P2-1040G
Q3/2018 Release date Q4/2020
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 689 $
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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC
8 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC
8 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC
8 GB GDDR6
87 fps (avg)

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)

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC
8 GB GDDR6
53 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC Palit GeForce RTX 3070 GameRock OC
8 GB GDDR6
105 fps (avg)

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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