GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 vs Quadro FX 4800

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking829not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGT200BGP106
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date11 November 2008 (15 years ago)5 January 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,799 $299

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 cores1921280
Core clock speed602 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1709 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate38.53136.7
Floating-point processing power0.4623 TFLOPS4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs2448
TMUs6480

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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm250 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s192.2 GB/s

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, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.36.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 November 2008 5 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 120 Watt

GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 243.8% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 4800 and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 4800 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
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