
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce FX 5600 XT - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce FX 5600 XT
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
GP106
NV31
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
March 2003
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
235 MHz
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
80 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
-
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
123.0
0.94
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
128 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
6.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
9.0a
CUDA
6.1
-
OpenCL
1.2
N/A
OpenGL
4.6
1.5 (2.1)
Shader Model
6.4
-
Vulkan
+
N/A