ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
vs
Gainward GeForce GTX 1630 Ghost OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1152 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 3.94 TFLOPS.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1630 Ghost OC has 512 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 1.86 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 9 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Gainward GeForce GTX 1630 Ghost OC is based on the Turing architecture and is equipped with 8 execution units.
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GPU Gainward GeForce GTX 1630 Ghost OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip TU117-150
Pascal Architecture Turing
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 8
1152 Shader 512
48 Render Output Units 16
72 Texture Units 32
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is equipped with a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1630 Ghost OC has a 4 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.500GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.500 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 12.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1630 Ghost OC is 1.815 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.740 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1630 Ghost OC is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

120 W TDP 75 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1630 Ghost OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1630 Ghost OC supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 3
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1630 Ghost OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1630 Ghost OC is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

174 mm Length 170 mm
111 mm Height 112 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 8
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB was released in Q3/2016.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1630 Ghost OC published in Q2/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers.

ZT-P10610A-10L Part-no NE61630S1BG6-1175B
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2022
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 169 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 12 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)

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

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB ZOTAC 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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