GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and GP106 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
GP106
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GP104
GP106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
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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
1709 MHz
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Core clock speed
1506 MHz
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Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
4,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
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Texture fill rate
136.7
-
Memory type
GDDR5X
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Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
8 GB/s
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Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
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Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
6.1
6.1
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
NVENC
-
6th Gen
PureVideo HD
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VP8