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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G Benchmark and Specs

Here we show you benchmarks and technical data for the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G. The graphics card is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G has 9 execution units with 1152 shaders.

FP32: 4.26TFLOPS
Boost Clock: 1.85GHz
Memory: 3GB GDDR5
TDP: 120 W

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Technical details

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G has 1152 shaders and 9 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 4.26 TFLOPS.

Based on: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GPU Chip: GP106-300-A1 (Pascal)
Streaming Multiprocessors: 9
Shader: 1152
Render Output Units: 48
Texture Units: 72

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G can use 3 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s on a 192 bit wide memory interface.

Memory Size: 3 GB
Memory Type: GDDR5
Memory Clock: 2.002 GHz
Memory Speed: 8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth: 192 GB/s
Memory Interface: 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The base clock frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G is 1.594 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock: 1.594 GHz+6 %
Boost Clock: 1.847 GHz+8 %
Avg (Game) Clock: 1.809 GHz
Overclocking: Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

TDP: 120 W
Tjunction max: 94 °C
PCIe-Power: 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G has a total of 2 Axial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type: Axial
Fan 1: 2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type: Air cooling

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G.

Max. Displays: 4
HDCP: 2.2
HDMI: 1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort: 3x DP 1.4
DVI: 1

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G has a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_1 standard.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G is 278 mm long and 114 mm high. With a width of 40 mm, the graphics card requires 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length: 278 mm
Height: 114 mm
Width: 40 mm
Width (Slots): 2 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready: No

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G made in 16 nm was published in Q3/2016 for 199 $.

GPU Interface: PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release date: Q3/2016
Launch Price: 199 $ (Reference)
Structure size: 16 nm
Part-no: GV-N1060G1 GAMING-3GD
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 Rank 4,788 / 5,633

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G3 GB GDDR5
1,758
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAverage of gpu group
1,727

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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) Rank 3,806 / 4,595

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G3 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAverage of gpu group
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 4,075 / 4,594

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G3 GB GDDR5
49 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAverage of gpu group
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 4,063 / 4,601

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G3 GB GDDR5
70 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAverage of gpu group
67 fps (avg)

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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 Rank 4,591 / 5,255

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G3 GB GDDR5
34,268
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAverage of gpu group
33,496

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 4,587 / 5,233

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 3G3 GB GDDR5
35,566
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GBAverage of gpu group
33,700

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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.