GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and GeForce RTX 4090 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
GeForce RTX 4090
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
GP104
AD102-300-A1
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
September 2022
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
2520 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
2235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
76,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
16384
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
450 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
1,290
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
24 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
8 GB/s
21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
1,008 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
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
6.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.3