GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GF100 - video card comparison

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

GF100

Architecture

Pascal (2016−2021)

Fermi (2010−2014)

GPU code name

GP106

GF100

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

July 2016

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Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

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Supplementary power connectors

1x 6-pin

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Boost clock speed

1708 MHz

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Core clock speed

1506 MHz

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Floating-point performance

4,375 gflops

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Manufacturing process technology

16 nm

40 nm

Number of transistors

4,400 million

3,100 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

1280

512

Power consumption (TDP)

120 Watt

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Texture fill rate

136.7

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Memory type

GDDR5

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Maximum RAM amount

6 GB

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Memory bus width

192 Bit

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Memory clock speed

8000 MHz

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Memory bandwidth

192.2 GB/s

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Shared memory

-

-

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

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HDMI

+

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G-SYNC support

+

-

DirectX

12 (12_1)

12 (11_0)

CUDA

6.1

2.0

OpenCL

1.2

1.1

OpenGL

4.6

4.6

Shader Model

6.4

5.1

Vulkan

1.2.131

N/A

PureVideo HD

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VP4

VR Ready

+

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