GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps and GeForce 6600 GT Dual - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
GeForce 6600 GT Dual
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
GP106
NV43 A2
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
April 2017
August 2004
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
500 MHz
Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
146 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
-
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
136.7
4.000
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
128 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
9028 MHz
1120 MHz
Memory bandwidth
216.7 GB/s
17.92 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
6.1
-
OpenCL
1.2
N/A
OpenGL
4.6
2.1
Shader Model
6.4
3.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A