GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X vs GTX 260M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1114	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.11	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	G92	GP104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	3 March 2009 (15 years ago)	no data

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	112	1280
CUDA cores	112	no data
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1709 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	30.80	136.7
Floating-point processing power	0.308 TFLOPS	4.375 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	462	no data
ROPs	16	64
TMUs	56	80

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 size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	250 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin
SLI options	2-way	-
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	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	GDDR3	GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 950 MHz	1001 MHz
Memory bandwidth	61 GB/s	256.3 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 Connectors	DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.0	6.7
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	6.1

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	120 Watt

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