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GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
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VRAM
5 GB
CUDA
1,280
FP32
4.375 TF
Bandwidth
160.2 GB/s
TDP
120W
Boost
1709 MHz
Strengths at a Glance
How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
FP32 compute4.375 TFLOPS4%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth160.2 GB/s9%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity5 GB16%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units1,2806%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency12/10021%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
3DMark Time Spy7,920pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)3,960pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)1,144spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute55,200pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts
Performance breakdown
Gaming22
Ray tracing22
AI / Compute23
Creator / 3D22
Power efficiency12
Real-World Gaming
FPS Across Resolutions
1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 19 fps
1080p
26
1440p
19
4K
12
Call of Duty: MW IIIavg 27 fps
1080p
36
1440p
27
4K
17
Alan Wake 2avg 16 fps
1080p
21
1440p
16
4K
10
Forza Horizon 5avg 28 fps
1080p
38
1440p
28
4K
17
Baldur's Gate 3avg 23 fps
1080p
31
1440p
23
4K
14
Community Feedback
What Owners Say
Owners love it for crushing 1080p gaming on a budget. The main complaint is that weird 5GB VRAM buffer causes stuttering in newer titles.
Pros
- Plays 1080p games without breaking sweat
- Handles new titles at medium settings fine
- Runs cool even in cramped small cases
- Great for budget builds that just work
Cons
- Odd memory size causes compatibility issues
- Lacks modern feature set support
- No ray tracing or DLSS capability
Supported technologies
NVENCAV1 Encode
Full specifications
Core configuration
- CUDA Cores
- 1,280
- TMUs
- 80
- ROPs
- 40
- L2 cache
- 1280 MB
Memory
- Size
- 5 GB
- Type
- GDDR5
- Bus width
- 160-bit
- Bandwidth
- 160.2 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 2002 MHz
Clocks & throughput
- Base clock
- 1506 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1709 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 4.375 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 4.375 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 68 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 136.7 GTexel/s
Board & power
- TDP
- 120W
- Suggested PSU
- 250W
- Power connectors
- 1x 6-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 3.0 x16
- Length
- 250 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 (12_1)
- Shader Model
- 6.4
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 1.2
- Vulkan
- 1.2.131
- CUDA
- 6.1
Verdict
Our verdict on the GTX 1060 5 GB
The GTX 1060 5GB is a cut-down Chinese market card with a weird memory size that makes no sense for gaming.
Get it if you need a cheap, used card for 1080p gaming on older titles and don't mind the odd 5GB VRAM buffer. Skip it if you want modern game support or can stretch to a card with more standard memory.
Buy it if…
- You want 1080p gaming without breaking the bank.
- You need a cheap upgrade from an older card.
- You play older or less demanding titles at high settings.
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