GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X vs GTX 1060 5 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking239not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.45no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGP106GP104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date26 December 2017 (6 years ago)18 October 2018 (6 years ago)

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 cores12801280
Core clock speed1506 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1709 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate136.7136.7
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs4048
TMUs8080

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length250 mm250 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount5 GB6 GB
Memory bus width160 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1001 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.2 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, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.16.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 December 2017 18 October 2018
Maximum RAM amount 5 GB 6 GB

GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X has an age advantage of 9 months, and a 20% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X. We've got no test results to judge.


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