Nvidia has rolled out its second budget-oriented Pascal card, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.
This cut-down version of the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB aims to deliver 1080p performance at a cheaper price point than ever before.
Although this may be true internationally, prices can be vastly different in South Africa.
We thought we’d compare the performance and local pricing of the two graphics cards in order to determine which is the better GPU to buy in South Africa.
Specifications
Although the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has half the VRAM of the 6GB model, it is also different in a far more important way.
The lower-end graphics card features less CUDA cores, which means that the two graphics cards will differ in performance somewhat.
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Specifications
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GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
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GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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| CUDA Cores | 1,152 | 1,280 |
| Boost Clock | 1,708MHz | 1,708MHz |
| Memory Speed | 8Gbps | 8Gbps |
| Memory Amount | 3GB GDDR5 | 6GB GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 192GB/s | 192GB/s |
| TDP | 120W | 120W |
Performance
Below is the performance comparison of the GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and 3GB graphics cards, using benchmarks from Guru3D.
In order to avoid any inconsistencies, both graphics cards we compared were MSI Gaming X models.
The performance differences shown below are accounted for by a difference in both number of stream processors and VRAM amount.
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Real 1080p Performance
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GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
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GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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| DX12 – Rise of the Tomb Raider | 70 | 81 |
| DX12 – Hitman | 52 | 67 |
| DX12 – Total War: Warhammer | 68 | 73 |
| OpenGL – Doom | 103 | 113 |
| DX11 – Far Cry Primal | 66 | 73 |
| DX11 – The Division | 58 | 66 |
| Average FPS | 69.5 | 78.8 |
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Synthetic Benchmarks
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GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
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GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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| 3DMark FireStrike | 11,368 | 12,010 |
| FireStrike Extreme | 5,855 | 6,211 |
| FireStrike Ultra | 2,988 | 3,207 |
Pricing
International MSRP
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB – $200
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB – $250
Local Pricing
Internationally, the pricing of the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB reflects its decreased performance, but local pricing is varied and it is possible to find a 6GB card for a lower price than the 3GB model.
This means that unless the price of the 3GB card decreases by a significant amount, local PC gamers should opt for the 6GB version of the GeForce GTX 1060.
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