Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking214not rated
Place by popularity25not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.30no data
Power efficiency14.94no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGP106GP100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date18 August 2016 (8 years ago)20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $4,599

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 cores11523584
Core clock speed1506 MHz1190 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1329 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million15,300 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate123.0297.7
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPS9.526 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs72224

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
Length250 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 8-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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount3 GB12 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit3072 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz715 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s549.1 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 DisplayPortNo outputs
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
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA6.16.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 August 2016 20 June 2016
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 250 Watt

GTX 1060 3 GB has an age advantage of 1 month, and 108.3% lower power consumption.

Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is a desktop card while Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
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