GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and R600 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
R600
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name
GP106
R600
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
80 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
720 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
320
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
-
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Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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HDMI
+
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G-SYNC support
+
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DirectX
12 (12_1)
10.0 (10_0)
CUDA
6.1
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OpenCL
1.2
N/A
OpenGL
4.6
3.3 (full)
Shader Model6.44.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A
VR Ready
+
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