GeForce RTX 4010 vs GTX 1060 6 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking206not rated
Place by popularity9not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.17no data
Power efficiency15.20no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP106GA107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date19 July 2016 (8 years ago)16 April 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

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 cores1280768
Core clock speed1506 MHz1417 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1762 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate136.742.29
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS2.706 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs8024
Tensor Coresno data24
Ray Tracing Coresno data6

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 x8
Length250 mm163 mm
Width2-slot1-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s96 GB/s
Shared memory--

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+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

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 19 July 2016 16 April 2024
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 50 Watt

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

RTX 4010, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 140% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce RTX 4010. We've got no test results to judge.


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