GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce GTX 280 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
10560
GeForce GTX 280
1338
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GeForce GTX 280
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
GP106
GT200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2016
June 2008
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
6-pin & 8-pin
SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
602 MHz
CUDA cores
-
240
Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
1,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
240
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
236 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
136.7
48.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
512 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
1107 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
141.7 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
6.1
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
2.1
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A
VR Ready
+
-