GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and RTX A2000 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
RTX A2000
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GP104
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
-
August 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
1200 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
3328
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
70 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
124.8
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
8 GB/s
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
288.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3