NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

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Graphics Processor

GPU model GP104 GP106
GPU variant GP104-140-KA-A1 GP106-350-K3-A1
Architecture Pascal Pascal
Foundry TSMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 16 nm 16 nm
Number of transistors 7,200 million 4,400 million
Die size 314 mm² 200 mm²

Graphics Card

Release date Dec 25th, 2016 Dec 26th, 2017
Generation GeForce 10 GeForce 10
Predecessor GeForce 900 GeForce 900
Successor GeForce 20 GeForce 20
Production End-of-life End-of-life
Launch price 199 USD
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews 117 in our database 117 in our database

Clocks

Base clock 1506 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost clock 1708 MHz 1709 MHz
Memory clock 2002 MHz 8 Gbps effective 2002 MHz 8 Gbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 3 GB 5 GB
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory bus width 192 bit 160 bit
Bandwidth 192.2 GB/s 160.2 GB/s

Render Configuration

Shading units 1152 1280
TMUs 72 80
ROPs 48 40
SM count 9 10
Cache L1 48 KB (per SM) 48 KB (per SM)
Cache L2 1536 KB 1280 KB

Performance

Pixel rate 81.98 GPixel/s 68.36 GPixel/s
Texture rate 123.0 GTexel/s 136.7 GTexel/s
FP16 (half) performance 61.49 GFLOPS (1:64) 68.36 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP32 (float) performance 3.935 TFLOPS 4.375 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance 123.0 GFLOPS (1:32) 136.7 GFLOPS (1:32)

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Dual-slot Dual-slot
Length 250 mm 9.8 inches 250 mm 9.8 inches
TDP 120 W 120 W
Suggested PSU 300 W 300 W
Outputs 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort
Power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Board number PG410 SKU 20

API Support & Features

DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
Vulkan 1.2 1.2
CUDA 6.1 6.1
Shader model 6.4 6.4

Other Features

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