RTX A1000 Mobile 6 GB vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	202	not rated
Place by popularity	9	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	16.99	no data
Power efficiency	15.38	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GP106	GA107
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	19 July 2016 (8 years ago)	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	1280	2560
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	652 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz	1140 MHz
Number of transistors	4,400 million	8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	136.7	91.20
Floating-point processing power	4.375 TFLOPS	5.837 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	32
TMUs	80	80
Tensor Cores	no data	80
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	250 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	132.0 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	Portable 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

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no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	6.1	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 July 2016	30 March 2022
Chip lithography	16 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	60 Watt

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