GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and RTX A40 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
RTX A40
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GP106
GA102
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2017
October 2020
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
8-pin EPS
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
1755 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
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Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
10752
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
300 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
589.7
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
5 GB
48 GB
Memory bus width
160 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
14.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
160.2 GB/s
695.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
3x DisplayPort
HDMI
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-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.5
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2