GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB Max-Q
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GP106
GP107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2016
February 2019
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
1442 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1366 MHz
Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
3,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
768
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
69.22
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
96 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
84.1 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
6.1
6.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2.131
VR Ready
+
-