CMP 40HX vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated305
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data19.03
Power efficiencyno data6.57
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP104TU106
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date8 March 2018 (6 years ago)25 February 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

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 cores12802304
Core clock speed1506 MHz1470 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt185 Watt
Texture fill rate136.6237.6
Floating-point processing power4.372 TFLOPS7.603 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs80144
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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 mm229 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s448.0 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 DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 March 2018 25 February 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 185 Watt

GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 has 54.2% lower power consumption.

CMP 40HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 and CMP 40HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 is a desktop card while CMP 40HX is a workstation one.


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