NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
vs
ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 12GB OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and the ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 12GB OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units.

ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 12GB OC is based on Intel Arc B570 Graphics, which has 2304 shaders and 18 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GPU ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 12GB OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on Intel Arc B570 Graphics
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip BMG-G21
Pascal Architecture Battlemage
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 18
1152 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 80
72 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 18

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 3 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 12GB OC can access 10 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 380 GB/s.

3 GB Memory Size 10 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 2.375 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 380 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 160 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 12GB OC is 2.600 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 2.600 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 2.600 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 12GB OC has a TDP of 150 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 150 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max Unknown
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 12GB OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.

The ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 12GB 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 v2.1a
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v2.1
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 12GB OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR No
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 / Encode
No VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 250 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

The ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 12GB OC is 249 mm long, 132 mm high and 41 mm wide.

250 mm Length 249 mm
111 mm Height 132 mm
-- Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 720 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

The ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 12GB OC was introduced in Q4/2024 at a price of 219 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no B570 CL 10GO
Q3/2016 Release date Q4/2024
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 219 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 5 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

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 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
45 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
65 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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