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Compare · GPU vs GPU

GeForce GTX 1060 6GB vs GeForce RTX 4060

Measured verdict

  • RTX 4060 is 147% faster at 1080p Medium (57.7 vs 142.3 FPS)
  • RTX 4060 is 164% faster at 1080p Ultra (32.1 vs 84.9 FPS)
  • RTX 4060 is 166% faster at 1440p Ultra (23 vs 61.2 FPS)

Tom's Hardware GPU hierarchy, 2022–24 suite, read 5 Oct 2026. Average FPS, the geometric mean of eight games — Borderlands 3, Far Cry 6, Flight Simulator, Forza Horizon 5, Horizon Zero Dawn, Red Dead Redemption 2, Total War: Warhammer 3, Watch Dogs Legion — on a Core i9-12900K.

Tom's Hardware's 2022–24 suite has the RTX 4060 at 2.6 times the GTX 1060 6GB's frame rate at 1080p Ultra (84.9 vs 32.1 FPS), and ComputerBase's Counter-Strike 2 test at very high settings with 8x MSAA has it at 165 FPS to 78. The 1060 is also below CD PROJEKT RED's minimum for The Witcher 3 Remastered, its 6 GB of video memory is below Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's 8 GB minimum, and it cannot run DOOM: The Dark Ages, which needs ray-tracing hardware.

Support

ItemGTX 1060 6GBRTX 4060
Driver supportGame Ready drivers ended in late 2025; security updates through October 2028 sourceIn July 2025 NVIDIA said the last Game Ready driver would come in October 2025; its 581.80 Game Ready driver (4 Nov 2025) still supported these cards, and the 590 drivers (591.44, 4 Dec 2025) dropped them.Current Game Ready drivers (617.42, 6 Oct 2026) source
Hardware ray tracingNo RT cores sourceYes (3rd-gen RT cores) source
DirectX 12 UltimateNo sourceYes source
DLSSNo sourceSuper Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation source
FSRFSR 3 upscaling sourceFSR 3 upscaling and frame generation source
XeSSRuns; Intel recommends RTX 30 Series and newer sourceShader Model 6.4: GeForce GTX 10-series (Pascal) or newer, per Jon Peddie Research.Yes (Intel recommends RTX 30 Series and newer) source

Specs

ItemGTX 1060 6GBRTX 4060
LaunchedJuly 2016 sourceJune 2023 source
Launch price$249 ($299 Founders Edition) source$299 source
Memory6 GB GDDR5 source8 GB GDDR6 source
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s source272 GB/s source
Graphics card power120 W source115 W source

Game by game

A game we hold a benchmark table for is shown at that table’s settings. A card the table measured shows its measured number, the same on every page; a card it didn’t is fitted: placed between the measured cards either side of it in speed, so it is also the same on every page. The gap is shown only where both cards were measured.

Modelled rows have no benchmark table: GamerSpecs estimates at 1080p, each game at its own page settings. They all share one ratio: our calibrated scores put the RTX 4060 at 2.50× the GTX 1060 6GB (100 vs 40, RTX 4060 = 100), so a row differs only where the game’s own limit applies.

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GameGTX 1060 6GBRTX 4060
Counter-Strike 2 measuredRTX 4060 112% faster78measured165measured
1080p · Sehr Hoch (Very High), 8x MSAAbenchmark source
VALORANT partly measured~148fitted366.6measured
1440p · maximum details, 4×MSAA (Unreal Engine 5)benchmark source
Grand Theft Auto V Legacy partly measured47.9measured~114fitted
1080p · maximum detail, 4x MSAA, 16x AFbenchmark source
Fortnite partly measured~46fitted108measured
1080p, Epic quality, DX11, TAA, native resolutionbenchmark source
Minecraft: Java Edition modelled~3560+CPU limit
Fancy (publisher's target) · native
Cyberpunk 2077 partly measured~28fitted67.3measured
1080p · native (no upscaling), no ray tracingbenchmark source
Battlefield™ 6 partly measured~34fitted70measured
1080p · High preset, TAA nativebenchmark source
Call of Duty: Warzone fitted~39fitted~99fitted
1080p · Ultra preset (Warzone 2.0, December 2022)benchmark source
Red Dead Redemption 2 partly measured38measured~100fitted
1080p · every option on High, DirectX 12benchmark source
League of Legends modelled120+240frame cap
High (publisher's target) · native
ARC Raiders partly measured39measured~101fitted
1080p · High, nativebenchmark source
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered below minimumBelow minimum52.2measured
1440p · maximum details, HairWorks off, no ray tracing, Performance upscalingGeForce GTX 1060 6GB is below the publisher's minimum: driver support. CD PROJEKT RED chose the GTX 1660 as its minimum NVIDIA card because NVIDIA's Game Ready drivers for Maxwell, Pascal and Volta cards ended in late 2025, with security updates through October 2028.CD PROJEKT RED's minimum requirementsthe GPU maker's driver support notice
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ below minimumBelow minimum~75
High (assumed) · nativeGeForce GTX 1060 6GB is below the minimum: 8 GB of video memory required, the card has 6 GB.minimum requirements ("8GB VRAM")GeForce GTX 1060 6GB: video memory
DOOM: The Dark Ages can't runCan't run40.5measured
1440p · Ultra Nightmare, DLSS Quality (XeSS Ultra Quality on Radeon and Arc)GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has no hardware ray-tracing units, and this game requires them.hardware ray tracing required
GAMERSPECS ESTIMATE

Fitted and modelled figures are estimates; frame generation is never counted. How is this calculated?

Sources

Each card on its own: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB · GeForce RTX 4060