Comparison

GTX 970 vs GTX 1060

The GTX 1060 is 15.5% faster than GTX 970 in synthetic benchmark and 30.1% more expensive on the retail market.

Better Value

Retail Price

$359

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Retail Price

$ 467

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Value

10

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Value

9

3DMark Performace

3648

3DMark Performace

4215

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+15.5%

Video Memory

4 GB

Video Memory

6 GB

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+50.0%

Power Consumption

145W

Power Consumption

120W

Efficiency

25

Efficiency

35

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Release Date

2015

Release Date

2016

MSRP

329 $

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+10.0%

MSRP

299 $

AMD Equivalent to GTX 970

NAME3DMARKPRICE
Radeon RX 64003622

AMD Equivalent to GTX 1060

NAME3DMARKPRICE
Radeon RX 5804346
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Is GTX 970 better than GTX 1060?

When considering value for money, GTX 970 offers a better deal than, GeForce GTX 1060 by 11.1%.

When it comes to power efficiency, GTX 970 falls behind with an efficiency score that is 25, lower than that of GTX 1060 35. Consuming 120 watts, GTX 1060 has 40.0% better power consumption to performance ratio. The efficiency score is calculated by comparing the benchmark score with power consumption