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GTX 1060-3GB

Average Bench: 53.6% (72nd of 649)

Based on 447,778 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 1C02 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

The 3GB GTX 1060 follows last month’s release of the 6GB GTX 1060. The 3GB variant not only has reduced memory but Nvidia have also disabled 10 percent of the processing cores from 1,280 down to 1,152. There is no reference edition of the 3GB 1060 but the partner cards are already available (at launch). Comparing the GTX 6GB 1060 and 3GB 1060 shows that the 6GB 1060 leads, on average, by 7% but it is also currently 15% more expensive. The GTX 1060 is Nvidia’s answer to AMD’s new Polaris based RX 470. Comparing the RX 470 and 3GB 1060 shows that for pre DX12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 11%. The RX 470 is able to match the 3GB 1060 in DX12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for DX12 (likely to take several years). The 3GB 1060 has the potential to become a hugely successful card, especially if prices drop below $200. [Sep '16 GPUPro]

Poor: 48%Average: 53.6% Great: 57%

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Average average bench

The Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB averaged 46.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 200fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 194fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB is just 8.74%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 174fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 191fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 447,778 samples)
Rank 7253.6%
Min Avg Max
176 Lighting 200 218
154 Reflection 174 188
164 Parallax 191 214
52.7% 188 fps
Min Avg Max
134 MRender 147 154
175 Gravity 194 208
132 Splatting 149 166
53.9% 163 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 85BB) 3GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2122 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 457.09
58.1% Above average
Lighting 222
Reflection 190
Parallax 221
58% 211 fps
MRender 155
Gravity 212
Splatting 171
58% 179 fps
Gigabyte(1458 3724)
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 452.06
56.5% Above average
Lighting 211
Reflection 182
Parallax 215
56% 203 fps
MRender 151
Gravity 206
Splatting 156
57% 171 fps
MSI(1462 3287)
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 457.09
55.4% Above average
Lighting 211
Reflection 185
Parallax 196
55% 197 fps
MRender 149
Gravity 202
Splatting 162
56% 171 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 34,821,452 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 447,778 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $220 @ launch in Aug '16)
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Gigabyte(1458 3724) 14% 54% ± 2%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Windforce OC
GV-N1060WF2OC-3GD
AmazonDE €29219 mins
MSI(1462 3287) 9% 54% ± 2%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB ARMOR 3G OCV1
GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1
AmazonDE €3006 days
HP(103C 82FC) 7% 52% ± 3%
MSI(1462 8C95) 7% 54% ± 3%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB 3GT OC
GTX 1060 3GT OC
AmazonDE €2913 months
Zotac(19DA 2438) 7% 54% ± 3%
Zotac GTX 1060 3GB Mini
ZT-P10610A-10L
AmazonDE €2259 months
Asus(1043 85B1) 7% 55% ± 2%
Asus GTX 1060 3GB Dual OC
DUAL-GTX1060-O3G
AmazonDE €29119 mins
Asus(1043 85B9) 5% 54% ± 2%
Asus(1043 85ED) 5% 52% ± 3%
Nvidia(10DE 11C2) 5% 53% ± 3%
EVGA(3842 6160) 5% 52% ± 2%
EVGA GTX 1060 3GB Gaming
03G-P4-6160-KR
EbayUS $1809 mins €155USDEUR = 0.86
OutletPCUS $2109 months €180USDEUR = 0.86
AmazonUS $31526 secs €271USDEUR = 0.86
EVGA(3842 6162) 4% 55% ± 2%
EVGA GTX 1060 3GB SC Gaming
03G-P4-6162-KR
AmazonDE €13819 mins
Gigabyte(1458 3722) 4% 55% ± 2%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Mini ITX OC
GV-N1060IXOC-3GD
AmazonDE €23019 mins
MSI(1462 3285) 3% 54% ± 2%
MSI GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X
GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
AmazonDE €4905 days
MSI GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X
GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
AmazonUS $2906 months €249USDEUR = 0.86
Asus(1043 863B) 2% 52% ± 4%
Nvidia(10DE 1C02) 2% 52% ± 3%
PNY(196E 11D9) 1% 54% ± 3%
Zotac(19DA 4438) 1% 52% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 373A) 1% 55% ± 1%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB G1 Gaming R2
GV-N1060G1GAM-3GD R2
AmazonUS $24818 secs €213USDEUR = 0.86
Asus(1043 85B0) 1% 55% ± 3%
Asus(1043 200B) 1% 54% ± 3%
Asus(1043 85B8) 1% 53% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 3721) 1% 57% ± 1%
Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB G1 Gaming
GV-N1060G1GAMING-3GD
AmazonUS $41926 secs €360USDEUR = 0.86
Sapphire(174B 2438) 1% 50% ± 4%
Device(0000 0000) 1% 54% ± 3%
Dell(1028 11C2) 1% 54% ± 1%
PNY(196E 11D8) 0% 49% ± 3%
Device(7377 0000) 0% 52% ± 3%
EVGA(3842 5160) 0% 53% ± 1%
Zotac(19DA 2440) 0% 54% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3737) 0% 50% ± 0%
Asus(1043 85B3) 0% 54% ± 0%
Asus(1043 873B) 0% 54% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 6367) 0% 58% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 6167) 0% 57% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 9438) 0% 52% ± 0%
Device(7377 2001) 0% 53% ± 0%
PNY(196E 11C2) 0% 53% ± 0%
Dell(1028 3492) 0% 53% ± 0%
Asus(1043 85CA) 0% 51% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 2437) 0% 53% ± 0%
MSI(1462 3286) 0% 49% ± 0%
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Gaming 48%
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Desktop
Desktop 82%
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Workstation
Workstation 44%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - €64

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  €132Bench 78%, 491,433 samples9,394x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  €203Bench 84%, 527,854 samples7,010x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  €140Bench 80%, 219,417 samples2,996x
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GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  €138Bench 54%, 447,778 samples1x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  €31Bench 65%, 219,365 samples2,068x
A400 120GBKingston  €19Bench 60%, 101,241 samples1,017x
A400 480GBKingston  €45Bench 77%, 89,556 samples1,001x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  €57Bench 85%, 329,693 samples2,332x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  €65Bench 81%, 384,149 samples1,876x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  €70Bench 85%, 173,476 samples1,274x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: €421

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 Comments

GPUPro
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1,511

Official site www.geforce.com/...

Added 4 years ago.
DEU-User
Avatar level
4,423

Good (edit your comment) Add link

5 days ago.

3GB may sound like too litle VRAM, but this baby manages to run most modern games at 60 fps, 1080p, medium to high settings.

USA-User
Avatar level
7,074

Excellent

17 hrs ago.

sure it has 3 gig but it runs gta at a stead 108 fps with only a few dips to 80 and 60 at the max setting

GBR-User
Avatar level
4,496

Good

16 days ago.

asda

CAN-User
Avatar level
3,742

Good

2 days ago.

I've had this card for a while. I paid around 350 CAD when I bought it. I'm looking to upgrade but honestly I am not seeing a reason to yet.

IND-User
Avatar level
3,372

Good

9 days ago.

I own this and its working epic

MEX-User
Avatar level
3,032

Excellent

27 days ago.

espero que sea buena jajaj

UKR-User
Avatar level
2,939

Excellent

1 month ago.

Спасибо товарищи

VNM-User
Avatar level
2,765

Terrible

1 month ago.

Cus i'm using it for my pc gaming

IRN-User
Avatar level
2,650

Terrible

1 month ago.

i bought it last night and i am playing with this until now its very good

NLD-User
Avatar level
2,592

Excellent

2 months ago.

As this is my first card it has lasted for many years and is still performing well, runs GTA and many other demanding games on fairly high settings (high quality 1920x1080 60fps), updates from Nvidia are frequent and overall a good card.

MYS-User
Avatar level
2,419

Good

5 months ago.

awesome card love nvidia much more game optimized on NVIDIA titles

CHL-User
Avatar level
2,150

Excellent

2 months ago.

It runs games at 1080p even today, have it since 2016, nice!

AUT-User
Avatar level
2,081

Terrible

1 month ago.

ZAF-User
Avatar level
2,042

Poor

2 months ago.

does not preform well on newer games

BEL-User
Avatar level
1,888

Good

3 months ago.

This is a awesome graphic card for game and programmation... This graphic card is made for minimal budget...

LTU-User
Avatar level
1,740

Poor

4 months ago.

best power to cost rating of any GPU on the market

CHN-User
Avatar level
1,530

Good

13 months ago.

in most games, the 1060-3g could hit the level of 1060-6g, the best choice for getting a 1060 graphic card if you have limited budget

GPUPro
Avatar level
1,511

Good

4 years ago.

JOR-User
Avatar level
1,008

Good

29 days ago.

nope

GamingEliot
Avatar level
506

Good

3 years ago.

A great mid-range GPU.

BHR-User
Avatar level
476

Outstanding

3 years ago.

Very good GPU it almost can run any game smoothly

colorgram
Avatar level
450

Terrible

3 years ago.

You are retarded if you buy one of these.

gvrax
Avatar level
372

Excellent

3 years ago.

tnx! the best cost/performance!

Viper207
Avatar level
362

Terrible

3 months ago.

very bad vram size this gpu in some games slower than 1050 ti and 1650

ColdSpy
Avatar level
332

Good

12 months ago.

Awesome GPU for users who wants decent 1080p 60fps gaming but were so budget constrained that even spending little more penny put them off their budget or aren't willing to replace their 450W or lower PSU with higher wattage one or more quality one. 3GB of GDDR5 VRAM may leads to bottleneck if the game wants or uses more than 3GB of VRAM.

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
304

Terrible

17 months ago.

Congratulations, sir! You have just given me my one-trillionth dollar!

ViceCity
Avatar level
102

Excellent

2 years ago.

great bang for buck, great for full hd

FpsMakerProI9
Avatar level
26

Terrible

13 days ago.

hate

HendoThaNeezy
Avatar level
22

Excellent

14 months ago.

Great 1080p budget card, I like it over the RX 580 given it uses literally half the wattage even though they're both rated 120w.

blackwolf42
Avatar level
20

Good

3 years ago.

Better than the RX 570 but the smarter choice is to get the 6gb for only 30$ more

Promaxinjer
Avatar level
20

Good

2 years ago.

Best budget card with high performance

NickM33
Avatar level
16

Excellent

3 years ago.

What amazing power for such a great cost! :D I'm so lit right now.

mztk25
Avatar level
12

Average

3 years ago.

Good performance but has poor vram capacity

ted144
Avatar level
10

Excellent

14 months ago.

I have it

Eric350z
Avatar level
6

Average

2 years ago.

get the 6bg card instead

chicoviana
Avatar level
6

Excellent

18 months ago.

Works great for 5:4 screen, runs pretty much anything on high.

Vulcan
Avatar level
4

Good

2 years ago.

Got this GPU, can run almost all games on max graphics @60fps 1080p if not it will be fine on high. It's only issue (for its pricepoint) is the lack of video memory. Meaning anything higher than 1440p will most likely destroy it. Definitely not a bad card if building a budget 'eSports' based gaming build as it runs most fps and mobo smooth. But stuggles with high end games like ghost recon: wildlands at anything above medium settings @1080p.

rubene45
Avatar level
4

Excellent

2 years ago.

BEST GPU

farzher
Avatar level
2

Outstanding

3 years ago.

The #1 best value card you can buy currently. Personally using it for 144hz 1080p gaming

Ivomola
Avatar level
2

Good

3 years ago.

It will be beter if it had 4gb like the rx 4/580 "budget" version (for mirrors edge Hyper settings for example), but for the price is hugely better than the 6gb model (only 6fps on average of improve compared with the "expensive" model, if i was you, I'll think 3 times before buying)

hiwayrobery
Avatar level
2

Excellent

2 years ago.

I thought I was buying the cheapo because of the present market, I had wanted a 1070. I plugged this guy up and 60-90 fps in my favorite games (in 1080p) and was completely happy.

SilverStorm
Avatar level
2

Average

22 months ago.

Lack of VRAM in 2018

CPE137
Avatar level
2

Good

19 months ago.

It's an okay budget card, I've used it for 3 years

TattlingElk
Avatar level
2

Average

6 months ago.

It's fine for most of your gaming needs and it is even alright when it comes to some light VR games like Beatsaber.

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