GeForce 6100 + nForce 405 vs GTX 1060 3 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking214not rated
Place by popularity26not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.30no data
Power efficiency14.40no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGP106C61
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 August 2016 (8 years ago)11 October 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

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 cores1152no data
Core clock speed1506 MHz425 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattno data
Texture fill rate123.00.43
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPSno data
ROPs481
TMUs721

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCI
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount3 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width192 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed2002 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/sno data

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, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.43.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 August 2016 11 October 2004
Chip lithography 16 nm 90 nm

GTX 1060 3 GB has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 462.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce 6100 + nForce 405. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
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