GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 and GeForce MX550 - video card comparison

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104

GeForce MX550

Architecture

Pascal (2016−2021)

Turing (2018−2021)

GPU code name

GP104

GN18-S5

Market segment

Desktop

Laptop

Release date

March 2018

December 2021

Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x8

Supplementary power connectors

1x 6-pin

None

Boost clock speed

1708 MHz

1320 MHz

Core clock speed

1506 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

16 nm

12 nm

Number of transistors

7,200 million

4,700 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

1280

1024

Power consumption (TDP)

120 Watt

15-25 Watt

Texture fill rate

136.6

42.24

Memory type

GDDR5

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

6 GB

2 GB

Memory bus width

192 Bit

64 Bit

Memory clock speed

8008 MHz

12000 MHz

Memory bandwidth

192.2 GB/s

96 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

No outputs

HDMI

DirectX

12 (12_1)

CUDA

6.1

7.5

OpenCL

1.2

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

Shader Model

6.4

6.6

Vulkan

1.2.131

1.2

Optimus