In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 63 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and has 1152 texture shaders and 9 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, which has 1024 shaders and 8 execution units.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Memory Size
3 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.002 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
192 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
128 bit
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 can access 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Base Clock
1.506 GHz
1.127 GHz
Boost Clock
1.708 GHz
1.178 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is 1.127 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
TDP
120 W
120 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Fan-Type
Radial
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a total of 1 Radial fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1
1
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
No
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Length
250 mm
241 mm
Height
111 mm
--
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 250 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is 241 mm long, -- high and -- wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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