GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GT200
GP106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
January 2018
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
1x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
-
1709 MHz
Core clock speed
602 MHz
1506 MHz
CUDA cores
240
-
Floating-point performance
622.1 gflops
4,375 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
4,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
236 Watt
120 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
48.2 billion/sec
136.7
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
1107 MHz
8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
141.7 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
6.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
2.1
4.6
Shader Model
4.0
6.4
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.131