NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU · Specs Compare
Graphics Card
Release Date
Apr 2017
Aug 2016
Generation
GeForce 10
GeForce 10
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Clock Speeds
Base Clock
1506 MHz
1506 MHz
Boost Clock
1709 MHz
1708 MHz
Memory Clock
2257 MHz
2002 MHz
Memory
Memory Size
6GB
3GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
192bit
192bit
Bandwidth
216.7GB/s
192.2GB/s
Render Config
SM Count
10
9
Shading Units
1280
1152
TMUs
80
72
ROPs
48
48
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SM)
48 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1536 KB
1536 KB
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Rate
82.03 GPixel/s
81.98 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
136.7 GTexel/s
123.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
68.36 GFLOPS
61.49 GFLOPS
FP32 (float)
4.375 TFLOPS
3.935 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
136.7 GFLOPS
123.0 GFLOPS
Graphics Processor
GPU Name
GP106
GP106
GPU Variant
GP106-410-A1
GP106-300-A1
Architecture
Pascal
Pascal
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
16 nm
16 nm
Transistors
4.4 billion
4.4 billion
Die Size
200 mm²
200 mm²
Board Design
TDP
120W
120W
Suggested PSU
300 W
300 W
Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin
Graphics Features
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
CUDA
6.1
6.1
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Benchmark
3DMark Time Spy
—
3,863
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
—
1,771
OctaneBench
—
76
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
—
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
—
29
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
—
44
Blender
—
188
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.