Detailed gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPU with the AMD Ryzen 5 3500 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 data. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's take a look at the primary parameter. The medium FPS in games is 30.4 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. So, taking into account 6Gb of memory, we can say 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 decision. With this data, you can already easily buy the needed power supply that will completely match the GPU. We should also not forget about the AMD Ryzen 5 3500 . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.The TDP of the graphics card is 120W, so a regular power supply is appropriate for it. Here is a list of certain famous games in which the graphics card has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of almost all modern games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 1060 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500 configuration:
Genshin Impact
Roblox
Far Cry 6
Dota 2
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Hitman 3
League of Legends
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Minecraft
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Fortnite Battle Royale
Valorant
Atomic Heart
Hogwarts Legacy
Apex Legends
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
After looking at the data from the table below, you can easily understand how the GeForce GTX 1060 is better or worse than competitors in several famous 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 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 medium 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 right decision.
How good is GeForce GTX 1060 for games?
From the tables below, you can understand how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a GeForce GTX 1060 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500. The numbers beside to the names of the games mean the ordinary FPS gained 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
Starfield
2022
16.9
22.0
28.7
35.5
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
29.9
38.9
50.9
62.9
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
20.3
26.4
34.5
42.6
Elden ring
2022
18.3
23.8
31.2
38.5
Homeworld 3
2022
23.7
30.8
40.2
49.7
Overwatch 2
2022
46.3
60.2
78.8
97.3
Atomic Heart
2023
11.6
15.1
19.7
24.3
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
32.3
42.0
55.0
67.9
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
18.8
24.5
32.0
39.5
Stray
2022
51.7
67.1
87.8
108.5
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
28.0
36.4
47.6
58.8
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
17.9
23.2
30.4
37.5
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
20.8
27.0
35.3
43.6
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
30.9
40.2
52.5
64.9
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
25.1
32.6
42.7
52.7
Scorn
2022
18.8
24.5
32.0
39.5
Saints Row
2022
34.3
44.6
58.3
72.0
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
26.1
33.9
44.3
54.7
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 1060 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
22.7
29.5
38.6
47.6
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
24.1
31.4
41.0
50.7
Godfall
2020
42.7
55.5
72.6
89.7
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
38.9
50.6
66.1
81.7
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
46.8
60.9
79.6
98.3
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
48.0
62.4
81.6
100.8
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
37.9
49.3
64.4
79.6
Total War: Warhammer
2016
47.6
61.9
81.0
100.1
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
34.9
45.4
59.3
73.3
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
14.4
18.8
24.5
30.3
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
38.0
49.4
64.6
79.8
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
30.4
39.5
51.7
63.9
Forza Horizon 5
2021
34.8
45.2
59.1
73.0
Borderlands 3
2019
30.6
39.8
52.0
64.3
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
30.4
39.5
51.7
63.9
Marvel's Avengers
2020
28.5
37.1
48.5
59.9
Monster Hunter: World
2018
41.2
53.6
70.1
86.6
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
35.2
45.8
59.9
74.0
Genshin Impact
2020
42.0
54.6
71.4
88.2
Just Cause 4
2018
38.3
49.8
65.1
80.4
GreedFall
2019
43.6
56.7
74.1
91.5
Halo Infinite
2021
27.5
35.8
46.8
57.8
Final Fantasy XV
2018
40.6
52.7
68.9
85.2
DOOM Eternal
2020
44.9
58.4
76.3
94.3
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
21.8
28.4
37.1
45.8
Resident Evil Village
2021
32.8
42.7
55.8
68.9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
38.0
49.4
64.6
79.8
The Witcher 3
2015
42.8
55.6
72.7
89.8
Anthem
2019
32.8
42.6
55.7
68.8
Hitman 3
2021
32.8
42.7
55.8
68.9
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
35.6
46.3
60.6
74.8
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
41.1
53.4
69.8
86.3
F1 2021
2020
46.8
60.9
79.6
98.3
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
31.5
40.9
53.5
66.1
Metro Exodus
2019
26.5
34.5
45.1
55.7
World War Z
2019
47.7
62.1
81.2
100.3
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
47.3
61.5
80.4
99.3
Crysis 3
2013
47.4
61.6
80.6
99.6
F1 22
2020
42.0
54.6
71.4
88.2
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
47.6
61.9
80.9
100.0
Death Stranding
2020
43.9
57.0
74.6
92.2
The Division
2016
42.7
55.5
72.5
89.6
Gears of War 5
2019
38.6
50.1
65.6
81.0
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
47.3
61.5
80.4
99.3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
22.1
28.7
37.5
46.3
Project CARS 3
2020
22.2
28.9
37.8
46.6
Far Cry 6
2021
36.2
47.1
61.5
76.0
Hitman 2
2018
47.3
61.5
80.4
99.3
Dishonored 2
2016
36.5
47.4
62.0
76.6
Devil May Cry 5
2019
43.0
55.9
73.0
90.2
GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb with Ryzen 5 3500 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 significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Battlefield 4
2013
67.1
87.3
114.2
141.0
DiRT Rally
2015
76.1
99.0
129.4
159.9
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
58.9
76.6
100.2
123.8
Hitman
2016
48.3
62.8
82.1
101.4
Roblox
2006
166.5
216.5
283.1
349.7
Need For Speed
2015
57.2
74.3
97.2
120.0
Valorant
2020
96.9
126.0
164.7
203.5
Apex Legends
2019
50.8
66.1
86.4
106.7
For Honor
2017
70.7
91.9
120.1
148.4
Dota 2
2013
69.0
89.7
117.4
145.0
Dawn of War III
2017
51.9
67.5
88.3
109.1
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
57.0
74.1
96.9
119.7
Strange Brigade
2018
62.1
80.8
105.6
130.5
Battlefield 1
2016
60.3
78.4
102.5
126.6
Minecraft
2011
113.0
146.9
192.0
237.2
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
53.0
68.9
90.1
111.3
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
141.3
183.8
240.3
296.8
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
61.8
80.3
105.0
129.8
Titanfall 2
2016
52.1
67.8
88.6
109.5
Resident Evil 2
2019
55.0
71.5
93.6
115.6
Destiny 2
2017
66.8
86.8
113.5
140.2
Project CARS 2
2017
50.1
65.1
85.1
105.1
Battlefield V
2018
50.8
66.1
86.4
106.7
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
49.6
64.5
84.3
104.1
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
60.6
78.8
103.1
127.3
League of Legends
2009
265.0
344.5
450.5
556.6
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
100.1
130.2
170.2
210.3
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
48.0
62.4
81.6
100.8
F1 2019
2019
49.7
64.6
84.5
104.4
Rocket League
2015
206.1
268.0
350.4
432.9
Doom
2016
75.9
98.7
129.0
159.4
Fallout 76
2018
62.0
80.6
105.4
130.2
Although you can't dispute with the numbers from this table, but 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 AMD Ryzen 5 3500 and the GeForce GTX 1060 separately.
