GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and GeForce 256 SDR - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
GeForce 256 SDR
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name
GP104
NV10 A3
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
October 1999
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
220 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
17 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
-
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
136.7
0.48
Memory type
GDDR5X
SDR
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
32 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
8 GB/s
143 MHz
Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
1.144 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x VGA
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
7.0
CUDA
6.1
-
OpenCL
3.0
N/A
OpenGL
4.6
1.2
Shader Model
6.7
-
Vulkan
1.3
N/A