GeForce GT 220M vs GTX 1060 3 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	214	not rated
Place by popularity	26	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	22.30	no data
Power efficiency	14.34	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GP106	G96C
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	18 August 2016 (8 years ago)	15 June 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	1152	32
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	500 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,400 million	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	14 Watt
Texture fill rate	123.0	8.000
Floating-point processing power	3.935 TFLOPS	0.08 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	8
TMUs	72	16

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	250 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.4	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	6.1	1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 August 2016	15 June 2009
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	16 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	14 Watt

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