GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and GeForce 6600 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
GeForce 6600
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
GP104
NV43 A2
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
August 2004
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
146 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
-
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
136.7
2.400
Memory type
GDDR5X
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
8 GB/s
500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
8 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
6.1
-
OpenCL
3.0
N/A
OpenGL
4.6
2.1
Shader Model
6.7
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
N/A