GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce GT 520 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs GeForce GT 520
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
10560
GeForce GT 520
318
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GeForce GT 520
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GP106
GF119
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2016
April 2011
Bus support
-
16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
810 MHz
CUDA cores
-
48
Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
292 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
48
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
29 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
102 °C
Texture fill rate
136.7
6.5 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
1 GB (DDR3)
Memory bus width
192 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
14.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
6.1
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.2
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A
VR Ready
+
-