GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce 9600 GTX - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GeForce 9600 GTX
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GP106
G92
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2016
May 2009
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
580 MHz
Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
278.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
96
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
140 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
27.84
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
44.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
+
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
6.1
1.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
3.3
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A
VR Ready
+
-