GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 vs FirePro W5000

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking518not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.37no data
Power efficiency7.12no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code namePitcairnGP104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date7 August 2012 (12 years ago)25 December 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 $199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores7681152
Core clock speed825 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1708 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate39.60123.0
Floating-point processing power1.267 TFLOPS3.935 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs4872

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length183 mm250 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s192.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+
DisplayPort count2no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 August 2012 25 December 2016
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt

FirePro W5000 has 60% lower power consumption.

GTX 1060 3 GB GP104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W5000 and GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W5000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 is a desktop one.


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AMD FirePro W5000
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