GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce GTX 260 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
9876
GeForce GTX 260
1260
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GTX 260
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
GP106
GT200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
June 2008
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
2x 6-pin
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
576 MHz
CUDA cores
-
192
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
192
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
182 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
123.0
36.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
896 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
448 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
999 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
111.9 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Dual Link DVIHDTV
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
6.1
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
2.1
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
+
N/A