NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and the Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost 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.

Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, which has 5888 shaders and 46 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip AD104-250-A1
Pascal Architecture Ada Lovelace
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
1152 Shader 5888
48 Render Output Units 64
72 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

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 Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC can access 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 504 GB/s.

3 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 504 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC is 1.920 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.920 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 2.550 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 Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC 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) --
94 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
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 Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 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 Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost 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 v1.4a
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 Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost 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 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
No AV1 Decode
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC is 269 mm long, 132 mm high and 40 mm wide.

250 mm Length 269 mm
111 mm Height 132 mm
-- Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC was introduced in Q2/2023 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no NED4070S19K9-1047B
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2023
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (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

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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC
12 GB GDDR6X
56 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC
12 GB GDDR6X
96 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC
12 GB GDDR6X
134 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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC
12 GB GDDR6X
37 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC
12 GB GDDR6X
74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC
12 GB GDDR6X
128 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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC
12 GB GDDR6X
101 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
45 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC
12 GB GDDR6X
177 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost OC
12 GB GDDR6X
206 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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