Jetson Xavier NX 16 GB vs GeForce 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 ranking204not rated
Place by popularity9not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.01no data
Power efficiency15.33no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGP106GV10B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date19 July 2016 (8 years ago)14 May 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 $499

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 cores1280384
Core clock speed1506 MHz854 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1100 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million9,000 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate136.726.40
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS0.8448 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs8024
Tensor Coresno data48

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 x4
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5LPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amount6 GB16 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1866 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s59.71 GB/s
Shared memory-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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
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 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.0
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.17.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 July 2016 14 May 2020
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 20 Watt

Jetson Xavier NX 16 GB has an age advantage of 3 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 500% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Jetson Xavier NX 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is a desktop card while Jetson Xavier NX 16 GB is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
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