Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	255	not rated
Place by popularity	8	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	14.27	no data
Power efficiency	15.60	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GP106	TU104B
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	19 July 2016 (9 years ago)	8 June 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	1280	3072
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1035 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz	1545 MHz
Number of transistors	4,400 million	13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	110 Watt
Texture fill rate	136.7	296.6
Floating-point processing power	4.375 TFLOPS	9.492 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	64
TMUs	80	192
Tensor Cores	no data	384
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	48
L1 Cache	480 KB	3 MB
L2 Cache	1536 KB	4 MB

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 3.0 x16
Length	250 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
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 and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.140
CUDA	6.1	7.5
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 July 2016	8 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	110 Watt

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