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MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G Benchmark and Specs

All technical data and various benchmarks of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G are listed on this page. The graphics card is based on the GP106-400-A1 (Pascal) graphics chip, which is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nm. The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G can operate up to 4 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 become.

FP32: 4.64TFLOPS
Boost Clock: 1.81GHz
Memory: 6GB GDDR5
TDP: 120 W

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Technical details

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G has 10 execution units with 1280 shaders. This gives the graphics card a theoretical FP32 computing power of 4.64 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G is equipped with 6 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The memory clock of the graphics card is 2.027 GHz and the speed is 8.1 Gbps.

Memory Size: 6 GB
Memory Type: GDDR5
Memory Clock: 2.027 GHz
Memory Speed: 8.1 Gbps
Memory bandwidth: 194 GB/s
Memory Interface: 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The base frequency of this graphics card is 1.506 GHz and the manufacturer specifies the maximum turbo clock as 1.809 GHz. If supported (see below), the performance can be further increased by overclocking.

Base Clock: 1.506 GHz
Boost Clock: 1.809 GHz+6 %
Avg (Game) Clock: 1.784 GHz
Overclocking: Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

Graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G are cooled by a Air cooling.

Fan-Type: Axial
Fan 1: 2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type: Air cooling
Noise (Idle): 0 dB / Silent

Connectivity

Up to 4 monitors can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G.

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

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G it is possible to operate a screen with a resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels. Furthermore, the DirectX standard version 12_1 is supported.

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists the video codecs that the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G can decode or encode in hardware in order to minimize the processor load, which leads to lower power consumption.

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

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in a case. It is 277 mm long, 140 mm high and 39 mm wide.

Length: 277 mm
Height: 140 mm
Width: 39 mm
Width (Slots): 2 PCIe-Slots
Weight: 1017 g
SFF-Ready: No

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $. The graphics card manufactured in 16 nm is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes.

GPU Interface: PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release date: Q3/2016
Launch Price: 249 $ (Reference)
Structure size: 16 nm
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 4,627 / 5,633

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G6 GB GDDR5
1,892
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
1,884

Port Royal (Raytracing) Rank 4,044 / 4,176

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G6 GB GDDR5
838
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

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G6 GB GDDR5
32 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
27 fps (avg)

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

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G6 GB GDDR5
57 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
50 fps (avg)

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

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 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 4,518 / 5,255

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G6 GB GDDR5
35,600
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GBAverage of gpu group
35,748

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Rank 4,535 / 5,233

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G6 GB GDDR5
36,319
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.