Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB with RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1060 5 GB
2017
5 GB GDDR5, 120 Watt
23.56
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile
2024
4 GB GDDR6, 35 Watt
27.30
+15.9%

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile outperforms GTX 1060 5 GB by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking239202
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.4853.57
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP106AD107
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date26 December 2017 (7 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year 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 cores12802048
Core clock speed1506 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz2025 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate136.7129.6
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs4032
TMUs8064
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount5 GB4 GB
Memory bus width160 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.2 GB/s128.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.9

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 23.56 27.30
Recency 26 December 2017 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 5 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 35 Watt

GTX 1060 5 GB has a 25% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has a 15.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 220% more advanced lithography process, and 242.9% lower power consumption.

The RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB is a desktop card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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