GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name
GP104
TU106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2016
December 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
1650 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
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Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
12 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
10,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
2176
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
184 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
224.4
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
336.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
7.5
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.6
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.3