GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 and Radeon RX 640 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
Radeon RX 640
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code name
GP104
Polaris 12
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
March 2018
August 2019
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
1218 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1218 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
2,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
640
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
50 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.6
38.98
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
112.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_0)
CUDA
6.1
-
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2.131
FreeSync
-
+