Playstation 3 RSX vs GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGP104RSX-CXD2991
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)11 November 2006 (17 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 cores1280no data
Core clock speed1506 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 million300 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt81 Watt
Texture fill rate136.7no data
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs80no 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
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 typeGDDR5Xno data
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1001 MHz1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.3 GB/sno 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 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)N/A
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6ES 1.1
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 16 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 81 Watt

GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X has a 306.3% more advanced lithography process.

Playstation 3 RSX, on the other hand, has 48.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X and Playstation 3 RSX. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 8 GB GDDR5X
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