GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
GP106
GT200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
September 2008
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
2x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
576 MHz
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
536.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
216
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
182 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
41.47
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
896 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
1998 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
111.9 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
6.1
1.3
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.3
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
+
N/A