Tegra 4 vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	VLIW Vec4 (2010−2013)
GPU code name	GP106	Tegra 4
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	20 April 2017 (7 years ago)	1 August 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	no data

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	1280	no data
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	672 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,400 million	11 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	20 Watt
Texture fill rate	136.7	2.688
Floating-point processing power	4.375 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	4
TMUs	80	4

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Length	250 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	192 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	2257 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	216.7 GB/s	no data

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	N/A
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	ES 3.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	6.1	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 April 2017	1 August 2013
Chip lithography	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	20 Watt

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