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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is a graphics card released on July 19, 2016, built on the Pascal architecture. It has 6 GB of video memory and a 120 W board power rating. It scores 10,034 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 6.1.

PascalGP104-140-KA-A1

5/10 key specs recorded · 44 facts

Depth: 32 recorded fields, 10 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified August 11, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix. Coverage: 5 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix

Shading units

n/a

Memory

6 GB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

120 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 scores 10,034 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 89.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #297), measured across 48,425 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 739.

PassMark G3D Mark

10,034

Rank #297
Faster than 89.1% of 2,658 GPUs
48,425 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 165 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 85.6% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 55 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 78% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 71 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 78% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 37 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 72.2% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 4,243 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 80.5% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 averages DirectX 9 165 fps, DirectX 10 55 fps, DirectX 11 71 fps, DirectX 12 37 fps and GPU Compute 4,243 ops/s, across 48,425 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 6 GB

Core clock 1708 MHz

Memory clock 2002 MHz

DirectX 12.0

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 120 W

First benchmarked 2016-07-20

Samples 48,425

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 6 GB of memory, a core clock of 1708 MHz, DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2016-07-20. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5GB, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Rev. 2, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Pascal

Codename GP104-140-KA-A1

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is based on the Pascal architecture and uses the GP104-140-KA-A1 graphics processor.

Memory

Size 6 GB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is equipped with 6 GB of memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 has a board power rating of 120 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 120 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

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Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched July 19, 2016

Launch price Not recorded

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Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GTX 10 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 was released on July 19, 2016.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 10,034

PassMark G2D 739

Rank #297

Samples 48,425

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 6.1.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.4

CUDA compute capability 6.1

Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060.

Features

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Compute and AI

Supported: CUDA Compute capability 6.1

Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.

Not listed (2)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 supports CUDA (Compute capability 6.1) under Compute and AI.

Media engine

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265) and VP9. It does not support hardware encode for AV1 and decode for AV1.

NVIDIA NVENC encoder 6th Generation Encoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-encoding engine, used by streaming and capture software; newer generations encode more efficiently.

NVIDIA NVDEC decoder 3rd Generation Decoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-decoding engine; newer generations support more codecs and formats.

Hardware video codec support of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)	Supported4:4:4: Yes	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: Yes; 10-bit: Yes; B-frames: No; 8K: Yes	Supported4:4:4: No
AV1	Not supported	Not supported
VP9	Not stated by the vendor	Supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (6th Generation, encoder engines: 1) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (3rd Generation, decoder engines: 1).

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Mobile); NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is the same product and redirects to this page.

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Mobile)

Alias pages that redirect here NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (/gpu/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-6gb)

Feex fleet

1 Feex machine reports the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 as its graphics hardware.

1 Feex machine with this GPU

The count covers machines that have reported hardware to Feex, counted once each; excluded and test machines are not counted, and no machine identity is published.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 has 6 GB of video memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 has a board power rating of 120 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 scores 10,034 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 89.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #297. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 37 fps.