GP106 and GA106 - video card comparison
GP106
GA106
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GP106
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
3840
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
NVENC
6th Gen
7th Gen
PureVideo HD
VP8
VP11