GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 and Radeon 540X - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104
Radeon 540X
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name
GP104
Lexa
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
December 2016
August 2019
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
1219 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
2,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
512
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
50 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
33.47
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
112.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_0)
CUDA
6.1
-
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2.131