Nvidia RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking278not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation24.30no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP106GN21-X2
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)27 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$237.11 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 cores12802560
CUDA cores1280no data
Core clock speed1506 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1708 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP)
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate133.6no data
Floating-point processing power4.275 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs80no 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).

Laptop sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no 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 GB6 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsDP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 27 February 2024
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 115 Watt

GTX 1060 Mobile has 43.8% lower power consumption.

Nvidia RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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