Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G4 vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	204	not rated
Place by popularity	9	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	16.99	no data
Power efficiency	15.33	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code name	GP106	Tiger Lake Xe
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	19 July 2016 (8 years ago)	15 August 2020 (4 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	80
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,400 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	136.7	no data
Floating-point processing power	4.375 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	no data
TMUs	80	no data

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	no data
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	DDR4
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	no data
Memory bus width	192 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	no data
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	no data
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
Quick Sync	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	DirectX 12_1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-
CUDA	6.1	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 July 2016	15 August 2020
Chip lithography	16 nm	10 nm

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