Two Nvidia consumer GPUs, one Pascal and one Blackwell: 6 GB GDDR5 against 8 GB GDDR7 and 2.3x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 5060.

At a glance

Memory

GTX 1060
6 GB
RTX 5060
8 GB

1.3x more on RTX 5060

Memory bandwidth

GTX 1060
192 GB/s
RTX 5060
448 GB/s

2.3x higher on RTX 5060

Cheapest on-demand

GTX 1060
$0.03 /GPU/hr
RTX 5060
$0.11 /GPU/hr

3.7x more expensive on RTX 5060

Price comparison

Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.

Billing GTX 1060 RTX 5060 Difference
On-demand -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 -- /GPU/hr from $0.11
Reserved No reserved listings -- /GPU/hr from $0.12 (24 mo)
Spot -- /GPU/hr from $0.02 -- /GPU/hr from $0.07

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Medians are across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one. No median for on-demand and spot on the GTX 1060 and on-demand, reserved and spot on the RTX 5060: we only show one when at least 3 providers list the GPU on that billing type. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Price history

GTX 1060 vs RTX 5060 price history

Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour

Last 12 months
Aggregating historical prices...

Specs comparison

Spec GTX 1060 RTX 5060 Difference
Memory
Capacity 6 GB GDDR5 8 GB GDDR7 1.3x more on RTX 5060
Bandwidth 192 GB/s 448 GB/s 2.3x higher on RTX 5060
Bus width 192-bit 128-bit 1.5x wider on GTX 1060
Compute · dense
FP4 Not supported 307 TFLOPS RTX 5060 only
FP8 Not supported 76.8 TFLOPS RTX 5060 only
FP16 / BF16 38.4 TFLOPS
INT8 Not supported 153.6 TOPS RTX 5060 only
FP32 4.4 TFLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 4.4x higher on RTX 5060
Platform
Interconnect PCIe only PCIe only
Board power 120 W 145 W 1.2x higher on RTX 5060
Released Q3 2016 Q2 2025 9 years newer on RTX 5060
Precision
Supported formats FP16FP32 FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8

Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.

Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.

Source: GTX 1060 datasheet and RTX 5060 datasheet.

Where to rent them

Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.

Provider GTX 1060 /GPU/hr RTX 5060 /GPU/hr
Salad logo Salad On-Demand $0.0300 On-Demand $0.11
Theta EdgeCloud logo Theta EdgeCloud -- On-Demand $0.16
Database Mart logo Database Mart -- Reserved (24mo) $0.12

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Our data for Nvidia GTX 1060 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5060 on Sept. 7, 2026.