GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 vs Quadro4 500 XGL

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameNV17 A3GP104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date19 February 2002 (22 years ago)8 March 2018 (6 years ago)

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 coresno data1280
Core clock speed250 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1708 MHz
Number of transistors29 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data120 Watt
Texture fill rate1.000136.6
Floating-point processing powerno data4.372 TFLOPS
ROPs448
TMUs480

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 3.0 x16
Length168 mm250 mm
Width1-slot2-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 typeSDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount128 MB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed166 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth2.656 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.012 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL1.34.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 February 2002 8 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 16 nm

GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 has an age advantage of 16 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 837.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro4 500 XGL and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro4 500 XGL is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro4 500 XGL
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