Xbox Series S GPU vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP106Lockhart
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 $299

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 MHz1565 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 million8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate136.7125.2
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS4.006 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
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 x16IGP
Length250 mm274 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2257 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth216.7 GB/s224.0 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 HDMI 2.1
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 10 November 2020
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 100 Watt

Xbox Series S GPU has an age advantage of 3 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps and Xbox Series S GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
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AMD Xbox Series S GPU
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