GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 vs Quadro M2000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking442not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.63no data
Power efficiency9.45no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGM206GP104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date8 April 2016 (8 years ago)25 December 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$437.75 $199

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 cores7681152
Core clock speed796 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speed1163 MHz1708 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate55.82123.0
Floating-point processing power1.786 TFLOPS3.935 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs4872

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 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length201 mm250 mm
Width1" (2.5 cm)2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 type128 BitGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB3 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1653 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 106 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Desktop Management+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.26.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 April 2016 25 December 2016
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt

Quadro M2000 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 60% lower power consumption.

GTX 1060 3 GB GP104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M2000 and GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro M2000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 is a desktop one.


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