GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce GTX 480 Core 512 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GTX 480 Core 512
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GP106
GF100
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
527 MHz
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
3,100 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
512
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
375 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
33.73
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
2.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
134.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1.3a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
6.1
2.0
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
+
N/A