GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce 6800 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce 6800 XT
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
9876
GeForce 6800 XT
127
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce 6800 XT
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
GP106
NV42
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
September 2005
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x Molex
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
450 MHz
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
202 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
-
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
123.0
5.400
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
256 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
1200 MBps
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
38.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
6.1
-
OpenCL
1.2
N/A
OpenGL
4.6
2.0 (full)
Shader Model6.43.0
Vulkan
+
N/A