GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 vs Tesla P4

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking241not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency21.16no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGP104GP104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date13 September 2016 (8 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 cores25601280
Core clock speed886 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speed1114 MHz1708 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate178.2136.6
Floating-point processing power5.704 TFLOPS4.372 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs16080

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
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.3 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.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.16.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 September 2016 8 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt

Tesla P4 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 60% lower power consumption.

GTX 1060 6 GB GP104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between Tesla P4 and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla P4 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 is a desktop one.


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