GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and GA104 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GA104
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GP106
GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2017
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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
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Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
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Core clock speed
1506 MHz
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Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
6144
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
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Texture fill rate
136.7
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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
5 GB
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Memory bus width
160 Bit
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Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
160.2 GB/s
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Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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HDMI
+
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DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.7
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.3
NVENC
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7th Gen
PureVideo HD
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VP11