GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 and GeForce RTX 4050 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104
GeForce RTX 4050
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
GP104
AD107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2016
2023
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
2640 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
18,900 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
100 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
211.2
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
96 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
216.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.9
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.7
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.3