Jetson Xavier NX GPU vs GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking218not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation16.51no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGP106GV10B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date26 December 2017 (6 years ago)14 May 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399
Current price$203 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1280384
Core clock speed1506 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1377 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million9,000 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate136.733.05
Floating-point performance4,375 gflopsno data

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 x16IGP
Length250 mm70 mm
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 amount5 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width160 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed8008 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth160.2 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+no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics 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
CUDA6.17.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 December 2017 14 May 2020
Maximum RAM amount 5 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 15 Watt

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
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