Quadro FX 5600 Mac Edition vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	189	not rated
Place by popularity	9	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.19	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GP106	G80
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	19 July 2016 (7 years ago)	5 March 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$2,999
Current price	$911 (3x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	1280	128
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,400 million	681 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	171 Watt
Texture fill rate	136.7	38.40
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	368.6 gflops

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	250 mm	312 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1536 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	76.8 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI
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

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no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.4	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	6.1	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 July 2016	5 March 2007
Cost	$299	$2999
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1536 MB
Chip lithography	16 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	171 Watt

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