GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X and GeForce RTX 4070 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
GeForce RTX 4070
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
GP104
AD104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2018
April 2023
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
2475 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1920 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
35,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
5888
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
200 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
455.4
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
504.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.9
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.7
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.3