GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 and A2 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104
A2
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GP104
GA107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2016
November 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
1770 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
70.80
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
12.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
200.1 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.6
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2