GeForce 256 DDR and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 - video card comparison
GeForce 256 DDR
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
Architecture
Celsius (1999−2005)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
NV10 A3
GP104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 1999
March 2018
Interface
AGP 4x
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1708 MHz
Core clock speed
120 MHz
1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
220 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
17 million
7,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
-
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
-
120 Watt
Texture fill rate
0.48
136.6
Memory type
DDR
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
32 MB
6 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
300 MHz
8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
4.8 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x VGA
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
7.0
12 (12_1)
CUDA
-
6.1
OpenCL
N/A
1.2
OpenGL
1.2
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.4
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.131