RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Embedded vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking214not rated
Place by popularity26not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.30no data
Power efficiency14.34no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP106AD103
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 August 2016 (8 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

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 cores11529728
Core clock speed1506 MHz1425 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz2115 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate123.0643.0
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPS41.15 TFLOPS
ROPs48112
TMUs72304
Tensor Coresno data304
Ray Tracing Coresno data76

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 4.0 x16
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB16 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s576.0 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, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA6.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 August 2016 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm

RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Embedded has an age advantage of 6 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Embedded. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is a desktop card while RTX 5000 Mobile Ada Embedded is a notebook one.


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