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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G Benchmark and Specs

Here we show you benchmarks and technical data for the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G. The graphics card is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s. The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G has 10 execution units with 1280 shaders.

FP32: 4.61TFLOPS
Boost Clock: 1.80GHz
Memory: 6GB GDDR5
TDP: 120 W

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Technical details

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G has 1280 shaders and 10 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 4.61 TFLOPS.

Based on: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
GPU Chip: GP106-400-A1 (Pascal)
Streaming Multiprocessors: 10
Shader: 1280
Render Output Units: 48
Texture Units: 80

Memory

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G can use 6 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: 6 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 WINDFORCE OC 6G is 1.556 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock: 1.556 GHz+3 %
Boost Clock: 1.797 GHz+5 %
Avg (Game) Clock: 1.771 GHz
Overclocking: Yes

Thermal Design

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

TDP: 120 W
Tjunction max: 94 °C
PCIe-Power: 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G 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 WINDFORCE OC 6G.

Max. Displays: 4
HDCP: 2.2
HDMI: 1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort: 2x DP 1.4
DVI: 1

Featureset

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G 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 WINDFORCE OC 6G 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 WINDFORCE OC 6G is 223 mm long and 121 mm high. With a width of 39 mm, the graphics card requires 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length: 223 mm
Height: 121 mm
Width: 39 mm
Width (Slots): 2 PCIe-Slots
SFF-Ready: No

Additional data

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G made in 16 nm was published in Q3/2016 for 249 $.

GPU Interface: PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release date: Q3/2016
Launch Price: 249 $ (Reference)
Structure size: 16 nm
Part-no: GV-N1060WF2OC-6GD
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 4,638 / 5,633

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G6 GB GDDR5
1,885
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
1,884

Port Royal (Raytracing) Rank 4,052 / 4,176

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G6 GB GDDR5
835
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
835

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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 3,647 / 4,595

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G6 GB GDDR5
32 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
27 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p) Rank 3,749 / 4,594

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G6 GB GDDR5
57 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
50 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p) Rank 3,844 / 4,601

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G6 GB GDDR5
77 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
74 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 4,529 / 5,255

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G6 GB GDDR5
35,370
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
35,748

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 4,552 / 5,233

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G6 GB GDDR5
36,084
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
36,932

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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.