GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce GTX 560 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 560
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
9876
GeForce GTX 560
2822
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GTX 560
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GP106
GF114
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
May 2011
Bus support
-
16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
Two 6-pin
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
810 MHz
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
1,950 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
336
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
150 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
99 °C
Texture fill rate
123.0
45.36
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
128.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
6.1
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.1
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
+
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
3D Gaming
-
+