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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Graphics Processor
GP106
Cores
1280
TMUs
80
ROPs
48
Memory Size
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Bus Width
192 bit
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The GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 was a performance-segment graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on January 5th, 2018. Built on the 16 nm process, and based on the GP106 graphics processor, in its GP106-400-A1 variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2. The GP106 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 200 mm² and 4,400 million transistors. It features 1280 shading units, 80 texture mapping units, and 48 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 6 GB GDDR5 memory with the GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2, which are connected using a 192-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1506 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1709 MHz, memory is running at 2002 MHz (8 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 draws power from 1x 6-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 120 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card measures 250 mm in length, and features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 299 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
GP106
GPU Variant
GP106-400-A1
Architecture
Pascal
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
16 nm
Transistors
4,400 million
Density
22.0M / mm²
Die Size
200 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-2173

Graphics Card

Release Date
Jan 5th, 2018
Generation
GeForce 10
Predecessor
GeForce 900
Successor
GeForce 20
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
299 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews
117 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
2%
GeForce 9400 GT
3%
Radeon HD 4550
3%
Radeon HD 5450
4%
Radeon HD 6450
5%
GeForce GT 520
5%
GeForce GT 220
6%
GeForce GT 430
8%
Radeon HD 5570
8%
Radeon HD 4670
9%
GeForce GT 440
10%
GeForce GT 240
10%
GeForce 9600 GT
11%
Radeon HD 5670
12%
GeForce GT 640
13%
GeForce 9800 GT
13%
Radeon HD 6670
14%
Radeon HD 4830
14%
Radeon HD 4770
15%
Radeon HD 4850
16%
GeForce GTS 250
16%
GeForce GTS 450
17%
Radeon HD 5750
18%
Radeon HD 7750
20%
Radeon HD 5770
20%
GeForce GTX 260
21%
Radeon HD 4870
21%
Radeon Vega 8
21%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
21%
GeForce GTX 650
21%
Radeon HD 5830
22%
Radeon HD 6790
24%
Radeon HD 4890
24%
GeForce GTX 460
25%
Radeon RX Vega 11
25%
GeForce GT 1030
25%
GeForce GTX 275
26%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
26%
GeForce GTX 280
26%
GeForce GTX 465
26%
Radeon HD 6850
27%
GeForce GTX 285
28%
Radeon HD 5850
30%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
31%
Radeon HD 7790
31%
Radeon RX 550
32%
GeForce GTX 470
32%
Radeon HD 6870
33%
Radeon HD 5870
35%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
36%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
37%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
37%
Radeon HD 6950
37%
GeForce GTX 295
39%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
39%
Radeon HD 7850
39%
GeForce GTX 480
40%
Radeon HD 6970
42%
Radeon R7 265
43%
Radeon RX 460
44%
Radeon R7 370
44%
GeForce GTX 660
44%
GeForce GTX 570
44%
Radeon RX 560
45%
GeForce GTX 950
47%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
48%
Radeon R9 270X
49%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
50%
GeForce GTX 580
50%
GeForce GTX 1050
50%
Radeon HD 7950
50%
GeForce GTX 1630
51%
Radeon HD 5970
51%
GeForce GTX 760
53%
GeForce GTX 670
57%
GeForce GTX 960
58%
Radeon R9 380
60%
Radeon R9 285
60%
Radeon HD 7970
61%
GeForce GTX 680
61%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
63%
GeForce GTX 770
64%
Radeon HD 6990
66%
Radeon R9 280X
67%
GeForce GTX 590
68%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
68%
GeForce GTX 780
76%
Arc A380
76%
Radeon RX 6400
77%
GeForce GTX 1650
78%
Radeon RX 470
83%
Radeon R9 290
85%
Radeon RX 570
89%
Radeon R9 390
90%
Radeon R9 290X
91%
GeForce GTX 970
92%
GeForce GTX TITAN
93%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
94%
Radeon R9 390X
96%
Radeon HD 7990
96%
Radeon RX 480
97%
GeForce GTX 690
97%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
100%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
100%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
101%
Radeon RX 580
103%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
103%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
104%
GeForce GTX 980
105%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
106%
Radeon R9 FURY
106%
Radeon RX 590
111%
Radeon R9 295X2
117%
GeForce GTX 1660
117%
Radeon R9 FURY X
119%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
121%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
124%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
128%
GeForce GTX 1070
135%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
135%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
137%
Radeon RX Vega 56
143%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
152%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
154%
Radeon RX Vega 64
156%
GeForce GTX 1080
159%
GeForce RTX 2060
159%
Radeon RX 5700
165%
Arc A580
165%
Radeon RX 6600
172%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
178%
GeForce RTX 2070
180%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
181%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
184%
Arc A750
190%
Radeon VII
191%
TITAN X Pascal
196%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
198%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
202%
Arc A770
204%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
204%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
215%
Radeon RX 7600
217%
GeForce RTX 4060
218%
GeForce RTX 2080
220%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
224%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
230%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
236%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
244%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
259%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
262%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
264%
GeForce RTX 3070
276%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
296%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
299%
Radeon RX 6800
305%
GeForce RTX 4070
337%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
346%
GeForce RTX 3080
359%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
363%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
373%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
391%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
399%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
402%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
403%
GeForce RTX 3090
410%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
420%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
459%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
471%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
475%
GeForce RTX 4080
534%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
542%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
547%
GeForce RTX 4090
670%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
1506 MHz
Boost Clock
1709 MHz
Memory Clock
2002 MHz
8 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
192 bit
Bandwidth
192.2 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
1280
TMUs
80
ROPs
48
SM Count
10
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1536 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
82.03 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
136.7 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
68.36 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP32 (float)
4.375 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
136.7 GFLOPS (1:32)

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
Length
250 mm
9.8 inches
TDP
120 W
Suggested PSU
300 W
Outputs
1x DVI
1x HDMI 2.0
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
Board Number
PG410 SKU 31

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
CUDA
6.1
Shader Model
6.8

GP106 GPU Notes

NVENC: 6th Gen
NVDEC: 3rd Gen
PureVideo HD: VP8
VDPAU: Feature Set H

Latest Drivers:
Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 (x32 / x64):
GeForce Release 391.35 / 474.89
Quadro Release R390 U9 (392.37) / R440 U4 (441.66)

Windows 10 / 11 (x32 / x64):
GeForce Release 391.35 / Latest
Quadro Release R390 U9 (392.37) / Latest

Retail boards based on this design (7)

Name GPU Clock Boost Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
1569 MHz 1784 MHz 2002 MHz 242 mm/9.5 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1544 MHz 1759 MHz 2002 MHz 175 mm/6.9 inches
1544 MHz 1759 MHz 2002 MHz 279 mm/11 inches
1569 MHz 1784 MHz 2002 MHz 277 mm/10.9 inches, 1x DVI 2x HDMI 2x DisplayPort
1544 MHz 1759 MHz 2002 MHz 243 mm/9.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1544 MHz 1759 MHz 2002 MHz 243 mm/9.6 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1620 MHz 1848 MHz 2002 MHz 248 mm/9.8 inches
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