Detailed gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card with the Intel Core i5-12400 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is bad or good for gaming by looking at benchmark results. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's take a look at the key parameter. The ordinary FPS in games is 30.4 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. Considering 6Gb of memory, we can state that the GeForce GTX 1060 is good for today's most demanding games with high-end graphics.
Main specifications
Name
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
Release date
July 20, 2016
Price
578 USD
Frequency
1708 MHz
Shaders
1280
TMUs
80
ROPs
48
Graphics Card Power (TDP)
120 W
Memory Size
6 Gb
Memory Bus
192 Bit
GeForce GTX 1060 power supply requirements
If you take a closer look at the power consumption of the GPU, you can already make some conclusions. With this data, you can already easily buy the needed power supply that can meet the demands of the GPU. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i5-12400 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the required power supply should output.The TDP of the GPU is 120W, so a medium-power power supply is suitable for it. Here is a list of certain popular games in which the GPU has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of almost all modern games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 1060 and Intel Core i5-12400 configuration:
Hitman 3
Atomic Heart
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Far Cry 6
Genshin Impact
League of Legends
Hogwarts Legacy
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Minecraft
Valorant
Apex Legends
Roblox
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Dota 2
Fortnite Battle Royale
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
After looking at the data from the game tests below, you can simply compare the GeForce GTX 1060 with competitors in several popular games and choose for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 1060.
The closest GeForce GTX 1060 opponents
Video Card
FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
97.7
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
93
GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile
93
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
92.4
GeForce RTX 3050
92
GeForce GTX 1660
87.2
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
83
GeForce GTX 980
80
Radeon RX 5500 XT
74.6
Radeon RX 580
74.6
GeForce GTX 1060
71.7
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile
68
Radeon RX 5500
67.3
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
67.2
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
62
GeForce GTX 1650
57.9
GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
52
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
39.3
The closest competitors of the GeForce GTX 1060 are Radeon RX 580 and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile. We compared GeForce GTX 1060 (71.7 FPS) and their average FPS in popular games at Full HD resolution and with High Quality graphics. As a result, is Radeon RX 580 74.6 FPS, which 4.0% faster and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 68 FPS, which is 5.2% slower. These figures will further help you make the true choice.
How good is GeForce GTX 1060 for games?
From the tables below, you can see how comfortable you can play famous games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 1060 and Intel Core i5-12400. The numbers near to the names of the games represent the ordinary FPS achieved with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. In the following table, testing the GeForce GTX 1060 in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Elden ring
2022
18.9
24.6
32.2
39.8
Overwatch 2
2022
47.8
62.2
81.3
100.5
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
28.9
37.6
49.1
60.7
Scorn
2022
19.4
25.3
33.0
40.8
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
30.9
40.2
52.5
64.9
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
31.9
41.5
54.2
67.0
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
20.9
27.2
35.6
44.0
Stray
2022
53.3
69.3
90.6
112.0
Starfield
2022
17.4
22.7
29.7
36.6
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
33.4
43.4
56.8
70.1
Atomic Heart
2023
12.0
15.5
20.3
25.1
Homeworld 3
2022
24.4
31.7
41.5
51.3
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
19.4
25.3
33.0
40.8
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
21.4
27.9
36.4
45.0
Saints Row
2022
35.4
46.0
60.2
74.3
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
26.9
35.0
45.7
56.5
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
18.4
24.0
31.3
38.7
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
25.9
33.7
44.1
54.4
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 1060 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Metro Exodus
2019
27.4
35.6
46.5
57.5
Resident Evil Village
2021
33.9
44.1
57.6
71.2
Project CARS 3
2020
22.9
29.8
39.0
48.1
Devil May Cry 5
2019
44.4
57.7
75.4
93.1
Crysis 3
2013
48.9
63.6
83.2
102.8
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
39.2
51.0
66.7
82.4
Just Cause 4
2018
39.5
51.4
67.2
83.0
Genshin Impact
2020
43.4
56.4
73.7
91.0
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
22.5
29.3
38.3
47.3
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
42.4
55.1
72.1
89.1
GreedFall
2019
45.0
58.5
76.5
94.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
39.2
51.0
66.7
82.4
Hitman 3
2021
33.9
44.1
57.6
71.2
World War Z
2019
49.3
64.1
83.8
103.5
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
32.5
42.2
55.2
68.2
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
39.1
50.9
66.5
82.2
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
36.8
47.8
62.5
77.2
Anthem
2019
33.8
44.0
57.5
71.1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
22.8
29.6
38.7
47.8
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
48.3
62.8
82.2
101.5
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
48.8
63.5
83.0
102.6
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
40.2
52.2
68.3
84.4
F1 22
2020
43.4
56.4
73.7
91.0
DOOM Eternal
2020
46.3
60.3
78.8
97.3
The Division
2016
44.1
57.3
74.9
92.5
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
24.9
32.4
42.4
52.3
Forza Horizon 5
2021
35.9
46.6
61.0
75.4
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
14.9
19.4
25.3
31.3
Godfall
2020
44.1
57.3
75.0
92.6
Gears of War 5
2019
39.8
51.8
67.7
83.6
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
36.0
46.8
61.3
75.7
Dishonored 2
2016
37.7
49.0
64.0
79.1
Marvel's Avengers
2020
29.5
38.3
50.1
61.8
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
36.4
47.3
61.8
76.4
Hitman 2
2018
48.8
63.5
83.0
102.6
Death Stranding
2020
45.3
58.9
77.0
95.1
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
48.8
63.5
83.0
102.6
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
31.4
40.8
53.4
65.9
Borderlands 3
2019
31.6
41.1
53.7
66.3
F1 2021
2020
48.3
62.8
82.2
101.5
Total War: Warhammer
2016
49.2
63.9
83.6
103.3
Halo Infinite
2021
28.4
36.9
48.3
59.7
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
49.5
64.4
84.2
104.0
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
31.4
40.8
53.4
65.9
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
23.4
30.4
39.8
49.2
Final Fantasy XV
2018
41.9
54.4
71.2
87.9
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
49.1
63.9
83.5
103.2
Monster Hunter: World
2018
42.6
55.3
72.4
89.4
Far Cry 6
2021
37.4
48.6
63.5
78.5
The Witcher 3
2015
44.2
57.4
75.1
92.7
GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb with Core i5-12400 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 1060 from the following table are just for information, since it mainly presents old games and FPS is much more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Battlefield 1
2016
62.2
80.9
105.8
130.7
Hitman
2016
49.8
64.8
84.7
104.7
Project CARS 2
2017
51.7
67.2
87.9
108.5
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
54.7
71.1
93.0
114.9
League of Legends
2009
273.6
355.7
465.1
574.5
F1 2019
2019
51.3
66.7
87.3
107.8
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
145.9
189.7
248.1
306.4
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
49.5
64.4
84.2
104.0
Apex Legends
2019
52.5
68.2
89.2
110.2
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
103.4
134.4
175.7
217.1
Doom
2016
78.3
101.8
133.2
164.5
Roblox
2006
171.9
223.5
292.3
361.1
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
63.8
82.9
108.4
134.0
Battlefield V
2018
52.5
68.2
89.2
110.2
Strange Brigade
2018
64.1
83.4
109.0
134.7
Titanfall 2
2016
53.8
70.0
91.5
113.0
Fallout 76
2018
64.0
83.2
108.8
134.4
DiRT Rally
2015
78.6
102.2
133.6
165.0
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
58.9
76.5
100.1
123.6
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
62.6
81.4
106.4
131.4
For Honor
2017
73.0
94.8
124.0
153.2
Minecraft
2011
116.6
151.6
198.2
244.9
Rocket League
2015
212.8
276.6
361.8
446.9
Resident Evil 2
2019
56.8
73.9
96.6
119.3
Need For Speed
2015
59.0
76.7
100.3
123.9
Battlefield 4
2013
69.3
90.1
117.8
145.6
Valorant
2020
100.0
130.0
170.0
210.0
Dota 2
2013
71.3
92.6
121.1
149.7
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
60.8
79.1
103.4
127.8
Destiny 2
2017
68.9
89.6
117.2
144.7
Dawn of War III
2017
53.6
69.7
91.2
112.6
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
51.2
66.5
87.0
107.5
Although you can't argue with the numbers from this table, however, you need to know that in reality some processors and video cards will not be capable to work with each other. In such cases, FPS is calculated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the Intel Core i5-12400 and the GeForce GTX 1060 separately.
