Jetson TK1 vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking187not rated
Place by popularity9not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.14no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Kepler 2.0 (2013−2015)
GPU code nameGP106GK20A
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date19 July 2016 (7 years ago)15 October 2014 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data
Current price$911 (3x MSRP)$42

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 cores1280192
Core clock speed1506 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1708 MHz951 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt8 Watt
Texture fill rate136.77.608
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 x16PCIe 1.0 x1
Length250 mm127 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 typeGDDR5DDR3L
Maximum RAM amount6 GB2 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz934 MBps
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s7.472 GB/s
Shared memory-no 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 DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+no data
G-SYNC support+no data

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 graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.46.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.6ES 3.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.13.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 July 2016 15 October 2014
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 8 Watt

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