GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GP104
GP104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
October 2018
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
1709 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
7,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
120 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
136.7
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
8 GB/s
8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
6.1
6.1
OpenCL
3.0
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.4
Vulkan
1.3
1.2.131