Detailed gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card with the AMD Ryzen 5 4500 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with multiple 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 results of all benchmarks. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's look at the main characteristic. The medium 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 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 GPU, you can already draw some conclusions. With this data, you can already easily buy the necessary power supply that can meet the needs of the graphics card. We should also not forget about the AMD Ryzen 5 4500 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.A medium-power power supply is good for the GeForce GTX 1060, because its TDP is 120W Here is a list of some famous games in which the graphics card has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of practically all contemporary games that were run on a computer with the GeForce GTX 1060 and AMD Ryzen 5 4500 configuration:
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Valorant
Minecraft
League of Legends
Genshin Impact
Apex Legends
Hogwarts Legacy
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Hitman 3
Roblox
Dota 2
Fortnite Battle Royale
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Far Cry 6
Atomic Heart
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
After reviewing the data from the table below, you can easily compare the GeForce GTX 1060 with rivals in some famous games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce GTX 1060.
The closest competitors 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 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 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 also help you make the right 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 AMD Ryzen 5 4500. The numbers near 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
Homeworld 3
2022
23.8
30.9
40.5
50.0
Overwatch 2
2022
46.6
60.6
79.3
97.9
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
32.5
42.3
55.3
68.3
Elden ring
2022
18.5
24.0
31.4
38.8
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
31.1
40.4
52.8
65.3
Starfield
2022
17.0
22.1
28.9
35.7
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
20.9
27.1
35.5
43.9
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
18.0
23.4
30.5
37.7
Scorn
2022
18.9
24.6
32.2
39.8
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
26.2
34.1
44.6
55.1
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
18.9
24.6
32.2
39.8
Atomic Heart
2023
11.7
15.2
19.8
24.5
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
28.2
36.6
47.9
59.1
Stray
2022
52.0
67.6
88.3
109.1
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
25.3
32.8
42.9
53.0
Saints Row
2022
34.5
44.8
58.6
72.4
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
20.4
26.5
34.7
42.8
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
30.1
39.1
51.2
63.2
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
Far Cry 6
2021
36.4
47.3
61.9
76.5
Project CARS 3
2020
22.3
29.0
38.0
46.9
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
47.1
61.2
80.1
98.9
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
14.5
18.9
24.7
30.5
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
39.1
50.9
66.5
82.2
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
22.0
28.5
37.3
46.1
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
47.9
62.2
81.4
100.6
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
30.6
39.8
52.0
64.2
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
22.8
29.7
38.8
47.9
Forza Horizon 5
2021
35.0
45.5
59.4
73.4
DOOM Eternal
2020
45.2
58.7
76.8
94.8
Anthem
2019
33.0
42.9
56.1
69.2
Borderlands 3
2019
30.8
40.0
52.3
64.7
Resident Evil Village
2021
33.0
42.9
56.1
69.3
Death Stranding
2020
44.1
57.4
75.0
92.7
Hitman 2
2018
47.6
61.9
80.9
99.9
F1 22
2020
42.2
54.9
71.8
88.7
Hitman 3
2021
33.0
42.9
56.1
69.3
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
31.7
41.2
53.8
66.5
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
47.6
61.9
80.9
99.9
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
47.6
61.9
80.9
99.9
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
22.2
28.9
37.7
46.6
Marvel's Avengers
2020
28.7
37.3
48.8
60.3
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
24.3
31.6
41.3
51.0
The Division
2016
42.9
55.8
73.0
90.2
Just Cause 4
2018
38.5
50.1
65.5
80.9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
38.2
49.7
65.0
80.3
Dishonored 2
2016
36.7
47.7
62.4
77.1
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
48.3
62.8
82.1
101.4
Final Fantasy XV
2018
40.8
53.0
69.3
85.7
Metro Exodus
2019
26.7
34.7
45.3
56.0
Gears of War 5
2019
38.8
50.4
66.0
81.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
38.2
49.7
65.0
80.3
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
38.1
49.6
64.8
80.1
Devil May Cry 5
2019
43.2
56.2
73.5
90.8
F1 2021
2020
47.1
61.2
80.1
98.9
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
41.3
53.7
70.3
86.8
Godfall
2020
43.0
55.9
73.1
90.3
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
35.1
45.6
59.7
73.7
Halo Infinite
2021
27.7
36.0
47.1
58.1
The Witcher 3
2015
43.0
55.9
73.1
90.4
Crysis 3
2013
47.7
62.0
81.1
100.1
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
30.6
39.8
52.0
64.2
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
35.5
46.1
60.3
74.4
Total War: Warhammer
2016
47.9
62.3
81.5
100.7
Monster Hunter: World
2018
41.5
53.9
70.5
87.1
GreedFall
2019
43.9
57.0
74.5
92.1
Genshin Impact
2020
42.2
54.9
71.8
88.7
World War Z
2019
48.0
62.4
81.6
100.9
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
35.8
46.6
60.9
75.3
GeForce GTX 1060 6Gb with Ryzen 5 4500 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce GTX 1060 from the following table are just for reference, because old games are more represented in it and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Apex Legends
2019
51.1
66.5
86.9
107.4
Doom
2016
76.3
99.2
129.8
160.3
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
61.0
79.3
103.7
128.1
For Honor
2017
71.1
92.4
120.9
149.3
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
142.2
184.9
241.7
298.6
Rocket League
2015
207.4
269.6
352.5
435.5
Strange Brigade
2018
62.5
81.3
106.3
131.3
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
53.3
69.3
90.6
112.0
Roblox
2006
167.5
217.8
284.8
351.8
Dota 2
2013
69.4
90.3
118.1
145.8
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
59.3
77.1
100.8
124.5
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
48.3
62.8
82.1
101.4
Resident Evil 2
2019
55.4
72.0
94.1
116.3
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
100.7
130.9
171.2
211.5
Battlefield 1
2016
60.7
78.9
103.1
127.4
Battlefield 4
2013
67.6
87.8
114.8
141.9
Destiny 2
2017
67.2
87.3
114.2
141.0
Hitman
2016
48.6
63.1
82.6
102.0
Fallout 76
2018
62.4
81.1
106.0
130.9
Minecraft
2011
113.6
147.7
193.2
238.6
Titanfall 2
2016
52.4
68.2
89.2
110.1
DiRT Rally
2015
76.6
99.6
130.2
160.8
Need For Speed
2015
57.5
74.7
97.7
120.7
F1 2019
2019
50.0
65.0
85.0
105.0
League of Legends
2009
266.6
346.6
453.2
559.9
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
49.9
64.8
84.8
104.7
Battlefield V
2018
51.1
66.5
86.9
107.4
Valorant
2020
97.5
126.7
165.7
204.7
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
62.2
80.8
105.7
130.5
Dawn of War III
2017
52.3
67.9
88.8
109.7
Project CARS 2
2017
50.4
65.5
85.6
105.8
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
57.4
74.6
97.5
120.4
Although you can't argue with the figures from this table, however, you need to know that in fact some processors and video cards will not be capable to work in pairs. In such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the CPU and the GPU.
