GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Mobile vs GTX 1060 6 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking202not rated
Place by popularity9not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation16.99no data
Power efficiency15.38no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP106AD107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date19 July 2016 (8 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores12803072
Core clock speed1506 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1695 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattno data
Texture fill rate136.7162.7
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS10.41 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs8096

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 4.0 x16
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 amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s256.0 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+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

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
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 4 nm

RTX 4060 Ti Mobile has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
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