P106M 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.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGP104GP106
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date8 March 2018 (6 years ago)23 January 2019 (5 years ago)

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 cores12801152
Core clock speed1506 MHz1291 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate136.692.95
Floating-point processing power4.372 TFLOPS2.974 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs8072

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 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s96.13 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
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.16.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 March 2018 23 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

P106M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and 60% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 and P106M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 is a desktop card while P106M is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
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