GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 vs Riva TNT2 PRO

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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
ArchitectureFahrenheit (1998−2000)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameNV5 B6GP106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 October 1999 (25 years ago)5 January 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

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 coresno data1280
Core clock speed143 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1709 MHz
Number of transistors15 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology250 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data120 Watt
Texture fill rate0.29136.7
Floating-point processing powerno data4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs248
TMUs280

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data250 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 typeSDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount32 MB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed167 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth2.672 GB/s192.2 GB/s

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 VGA1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX6.012 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL1.24.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 1999 5 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 250 nm 16 nm

GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 has an age advantage of 18 years, a 19100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1462.5% more advanced lithography process.

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