Complete gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card with the Intel Core i5-2400 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with different graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can understand the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is good or bad for gaming by looking at testing results. As for the primary parameter, how good is the GPU for games, let's look beyond. The medium FPS in games is 30.4 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. So, taking into account 6Gb of memory, we can state that the GeForce GTX 1060 is good even for new most exacting 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 graphics card, you can already draw some decision. With this data, you can already easily buy the required power supply that can meet the needs of the graphics card. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i5-2400 . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.The TDP of the GPU is 120W, so a medium-power power supply is appropriate 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 practically all current games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 1060 and Intel Core i5-2400 configuration:
Genshin Impact
Hogwarts Legacy
Hitman 3
Atomic Heart
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Roblox
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Minecraft
Far Cry 6
League of Legends
Valorant
Fortnite Battle Royale
Apex Legends
Dota 2
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
After viewing the data from the table below, you can easily compare the GeForce GTX 1060 with competitors in some popular games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 1060.
The closest opponents of the GeForce GTX 1060
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 opponents 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 also help you make the good choice.
How good is GeForce GTX 1060 for games?
From the tables below, you can understand how comfortable you can play famous games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 1060 and Intel Core i5-2400. The numbers next to the names of the games mean the average FPS achieved with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. The following table shows the GeForce GTX 1060 testing in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Saints Row
2022
26.7
34.7
45.3
56.0
Homeworld 3
2022
18.4
23.9
31.3
38.7
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
14.6
19.0
24.9
30.8
Atomic Heart
2023
9.0
11.7
15.3
18.9
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
23.3
30.3
39.6
48.9
Overwatch 2
2022
36.1
46.9
61.3
75.7
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
24.0
31.3
40.9
50.5
Starfield
2022
13.1
17.1
22.3
27.6
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
15.8
20.5
26.8
33.1
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
13.9
18.1
23.6
29.2
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
19.5
25.4
33.2
41.0
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
21.8
28.3
37.0
45.7
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
20.3
26.4
34.5
42.6
Elden ring
2022
14.3
18.6
24.3
30.0
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
25.2
32.7
42.8
52.8
Stray
2022
40.2
52.2
68.3
84.4
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
16.2
21.0
27.5
33.9
Scorn
2022
14.6
19.0
24.9
30.8
To find out how good the graphics card is for demanding games, you can read the figures from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Halo Infinite
2021
21.4
27.8
36.4
45.0
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
27.2
35.3
46.2
57.0
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
29.6
38.4
50.3
62.1
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
36.8
47.9
62.6
77.3
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
24.5
31.8
41.6
51.4
Far Cry 6
2021
28.2
36.6
47.9
59.2
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
17.0
22.1
28.9
35.7
DOOM Eternal
2020
34.9
45.4
59.4
73.4
Dishonored 2
2016
28.4
36.9
48.3
59.6
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
36.4
47.4
61.9
76.5
Godfall
2020
33.2
43.2
56.5
69.8
Gears of War 5
2019
30.0
39.0
51.0
63.0
World War Z
2019
37.1
48.3
63.2
78.0
F1 2021
2020
36.4
47.4
61.9
76.5
Total War: Warhammer
2016
37.1
48.2
63.0
77.9
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
29.6
38.4
50.3
62.1
GreedFall
2019
33.9
44.1
57.7
71.2
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
23.7
30.8
40.2
49.7
Monster Hunter: World
2018
32.1
41.7
54.5
67.4
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
18.8
24.4
31.9
39.4
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
37.0
48.1
63.0
77.8
Just Cause 4
2018
29.8
38.7
50.6
62.6
Forza Horizon 5
2021
27.0
35.2
46.0
56.8
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
11.2
14.6
19.1
23.6
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
37.3
48.5
63.5
78.4
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
36.8
47.9
62.6
77.3
Final Fantasy XV
2018
31.6
41.0
53.6
66.3
Project CARS 3
2020
17.3
22.5
29.4
36.3
Death Stranding
2020
34.1
44.4
58.0
71.7
Resident Evil Village
2021
25.5
33.2
43.4
53.6
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
17.2
22.3
29.2
36.0
Hitman 3
2021
25.5
33.2
43.4
53.6
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
23.7
30.8
40.2
49.7
Borderlands 3
2019
23.8
31.0
40.5
50.0
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
27.7
36.0
47.1
58.2
The Witcher 3
2015
33.3
43.3
56.6
69.9
Metro Exodus
2019
20.6
26.8
35.1
43.3
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
30.3
39.4
51.5
63.6
Anthem
2019
25.5
33.2
43.4
53.6
The Division
2016
33.2
43.2
56.4
69.7
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
32.0
41.6
54.3
67.1
Hitman 2
2018
36.8
47.9
62.6
77.3
Crysis 3
2013
36.9
48.0
62.7
77.5
Marvel's Avengers
2020
22.2
28.9
37.7
46.6
Genshin Impact
2020
32.7
42.5
55.6
68.6
Devil May Cry 5
2019
33.4
43.5
56.8
70.2
F1 22
2020
32.7
42.5
55.6
68.6
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
27.4
35.6
46.6
57.6
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
17.7
23.0
30.0
37.1
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
29.5
38.3
50.1
61.9
GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb with Core i5-2400 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 1060 from the following table are just for reference, because it mainly presents old games and FPS is much more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Fallout 76
2018
48.2
62.7
82.0
101.3
Doom
2016
59.0
76.8
100.4
124.0
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
47.2
61.3
80.2
99.1
Minecraft
2011
87.9
114.3
149.4
184.6
Destiny 2
2017
51.9
67.5
88.3
109.1
Rocket League
2015
160.4
208.5
272.7
336.8
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
110.0
143.0
187.0
231.0
Dawn of War III
2017
40.4
52.5
68.7
84.9
F1 2019
2019
38.7
50.3
65.8
81.2
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
77.9
101.3
132.4
163.6
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
44.4
57.7
75.4
93.2
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
48.1
62.5
81.7
101.0
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
38.6
50.1
65.6
81.0
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
37.3
48.5
63.5
78.4
Dota 2
2013
53.7
69.8
91.3
112.8
League of Legends
2009
206.2
268.1
350.6
433.0
Valorant
2020
75.4
98.0
128.2
158.3
Battlefield 4
2013
52.2
67.9
88.8
109.7
DiRT Rally
2015
59.2
77.0
100.7
124.4
For Honor
2017
55.0
71.5
93.5
115.5
Strange Brigade
2018
48.3
62.8
82.2
101.5
Battlefield 1
2016
46.9
61.0
79.8
98.5
Need For Speed
2015
44.5
57.8
75.6
93.4
Battlefield V
2018
39.6
51.4
67.2
83.1
Project CARS 2
2017
39.0
50.6
66.2
81.8
Hitman
2016
37.6
48.8
63.9
78.9
Titanfall 2
2016
40.6
52.7
69.0
85.2
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
41.2
53.6
70.1
86.6
Roblox
2006
129.6
168.5
220.3
272.1
Resident Evil 2
2019
42.8
55.7
72.8
89.9
Apex Legends
2019
39.6
51.4
67.2
83.1
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
45.9
59.6
78.0
96.3
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. For such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the GPU and the CPU.
