GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 and GA106 - video card comparison

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104

GA106

Architecture

Pascal (2016−2021)

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

GP104

GA106

Market segment

Desktop

Release date

December 2016

Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

1x 6-pin

Boost clock speed

1708 MHz

Core clock speed

1506 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

16 nm

8 nm

Number of transistors

7,200 million

12,000 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

1152

3840

Power consumption (TDP)

120 Watt

Texture fill rate

123.0

Memory type

GDDR5

Maximum RAM amount

3 GB

Memory bus width

192 Bit

Memory clock speed

8008 MHz

Memory bandwidth

192.2 GB/s

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

HDMI

DirectX

12 (12_1)

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

6.1

8.6

OpenCL

1.2

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

Shader Model

6.4

6.7

Vulkan

1.2.131

1.3

NVENC

7th Gen

PureVideo HD

VP11