GM206 and PG506-242 - video card comparison

GM206

PG506-242

Architecture

Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

GM206

GA100

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

-

April 2021

Interface

-

PCIe 4.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

-

8-pin EPS

Boost clock speed

-

1440 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

28 nm

7 nm

Number of transistors

2,940 million

54,200 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

1024

3584

Power consumption (TDP)

-

165 Watt

Texture fill rate

-

322.6

Memory type

-

HBM2

Maximum RAM amount

-

24 GB

Memory bus width

-

3072 Bit

Memory clock speed

-

2.4 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

-

933.1 GB/s

Display Connectors

-

No outputs

DirectX

12 (12_1)

N/A

CUDA

5.2

8.0

OpenCL

3.0

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

N/A

Shader Model

6.7

N/A

Vulkan

1.3

N/A

NVENC

5th Gen

-

PureVideo HD

VP7

-