RTX A2000 vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated141
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data85.89
Power efficiencyno data34.77
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104GA106
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date18 October 2018 (6 years ago)10 August 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

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 cores12803328
Core clock speed1506 MHz562 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1200 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate136.7124.8
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS7.987 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs80104
Tensor Coresno data104
Ray Tracing Coresno data26

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 mm167 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB6 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1001 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s288.0 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 DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 October 2018 10 August 2021
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 70 Watt

RTX A2000 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 71.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X and RTX A2000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X is a desktop card while RTX A2000 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
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