GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X vs 410M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1182 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.80 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | GF119 | GP104 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 5 January 2011 (13 years ago) | 18 October 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 cores | 48 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | 575 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1709 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 7,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 120 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.600 | 136.7 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1104 TFLOPS | 4.375 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 73 | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| TMUs | 8 | 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).
| 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 |
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 | DDR3 | GDDR5X |
| Maximum RAM amount | Up to 512 MB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz | 1001 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | 192.2 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 | DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | 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 | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | + | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | + | 6.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 January 2011 | 18 October 2018 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 120 Watt |
GeForce 410M has 900% lower power consumption.
GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 410M and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 410M is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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