GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and GeForce RTX 4050 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
GeForce RTX 4050
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
GP104
AD107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
2023
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
2640 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
18,900 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
100 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
211.2
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
96 Bit
Memory clock speed
8 GB/s
18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
216.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.9
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3