GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X vs GeForce GTX 1060
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X | GeForce GTX 1060 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU Name | GP104 () | vs | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) | |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 16 nm | |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | vs | 200 mm² | |
| Transistors | 7,200 million | vs | 4,400 million | |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 1280 | |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 10 | |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 1506 MHz | |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 48 | |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X | GeForce GTX 1060 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5X | vs | GDDR5 | |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 192 bit | |
| Memory Speed | 1001 MHz 8008 MHz effective |
vs | 2002 MHz 8008 MHz effective |
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| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X | GeForce GTX 1060 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 120 watts | |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 10 Jul 2016 |
GigaPixels — higher is better
GigaTexels — higher is better
GB/s — higher is better
GFLOPs — higher is better
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| GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X | GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER |
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| GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X | Radeon RX 580 |
| VS | ||
| GeForce GTX 1060 | GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER |
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| GeForce GTX 1060 | Radeon RX 580 |
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| Radeon RX 5500 | GeForce GTX 1660 |
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| GeForce GTX 1660 | Radeon R9 Nano |
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Nvidia adds GDDR5X to its popular GTX 1060 line
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Over the weekend, Nvidia quietly updated its pages on the GTX 1060 graphics card. Details are scarce right now, with the only major update being the line that says «6GB GDDR5/X»—specifically the slash-X bit at the end. As Tom’s Hardware notes, there are already four variants of the GTX 1060 in the wild: the commonly known 1060 3GB and 1060 6GB, plus a 1060 6GB with higher clocked GDDR5 memory, and finally a quirky 1060 5GB model that’s mostly seen overseas. The GDDR5X variant would boost memory bandwidth, and potentially offer better overall performance, though how much better remains to be seen.
Where things get interesting is speculation on how Nvidia adds GDDR5X into the mix. GDDR5 and GDDR5X are not pin compatible, despite the similar names. GDDR5 comes in a 170-ball BGA format, while GDDR5X uses 190-ball BGA. There are other differences as well, like quad-data-rate vs. double-data-rate, and prior to this point it was assumed that only the GP104 and GP102 GPUs from Nvidia had the ability to interface with GDDR5X.
That leaves two possibilities.
First, Nvidia may have simply neglected to mention the option for using GDDR5X in the past on the GTX 1060 line. Maybe the functionality was always present, and it just wasn’t used due to the higher cost and marginal gains. The second option is that Nvidia is using harvested GP104 chips—larger GPUs that couldn’t pass the cores/clockspeed/interface requirements for a GTX 1070, but that will work if enough elements are disabled.
Regardless of where the GDDR5X support comes from, we should see new GTX 1060 cards in the near future. No one has revealed official specs for a GTX 1060 GDDR5X card yet, but it’s a safe bet that it will have either a 10Gbps or 11Gbps memory clock. That’s 25 to 38 percent higher than the previous GTX 1060 Founders Edition’s 8Gbps clock, and the additional bandwidth should improve performance. If the GDDR5X variant also uses a harvested GP104 chip, though, it opens the door to grander possibilities.
GTX 1070 and above are likely to disappear from production now that the RTX 2070, RTX 2080, and RTX 2080 Ti have arrived.
But the least expensive of those is still a $500 card, and there’s concern over how far down Nvidia can take the RTX capabilities. Would an RTX 2060 even make sense, if it’s too slow to properly handle ray tracing and/or DLSS?
An alternative take is that Nvidia could push GP104 chips down to the sub-$300 range with a refreshed GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5X, and maybe provide additional CUDA cores in the process. Depending on how potent AMD’s anticipated Polaris 30 refresh ends up being, we could have a third round of GTX 1060 vs. AMD for the mainstream market.
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GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile.
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General Information
The general information section of the video card comparison list provides release date, type, overall rating and other useful data to determine the winner between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile. Please note that the comparison takes place on all indicators, and below are the ratings from synthetic benchmarks that define different criteria in games and work applications.
Not Rated
Position in the performance rating
109
Pascal
Architecture
AMPERE
18 October 2018 (3 YEARS AGO)
Dates $489
Current price
n.
a.0005
Which graphics card is better in GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile comparison in manufacturing process, power consumption, and base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part contained in the ranking of graphics cards.
1506 MHZ
Tibility of the nucleus
1238 MHZ
16 NM
Technological process
8 NM
136.7
The number of texts processed in 1 second
102.0
1280
Converse / CUDA Nuclei
2048
1709 MHZ
Acceleration
1500 MHZ
7,200 Million
No data 9000 120 20 75 Watt
Dimensions, connectors and compatibility
Let’s discuss the dimensions (length, width, height) of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile. As well as the main types of connectors and connected interfaces
PCIE 3.0 X16
Interface
PCIE 4.0 x16
250 MM
length
No data
1x 6-pin
Additional power
No data
LAPTOP SIZE 9000 Larg
Memory (Frequency and Overclocking)
Graphics card memory plays an important role in both gaming and graphics applications.
The higher the standard ( GDDR ), the better. It directly affects the speed and efficiency of data processing. What is the difference in type, base and turbo frequency, GDDR bandwidth between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile:
GDDR5X
Memorial type
GDDR6
6 GB
Maximum RAM AMOUNT
4 GB
BIT
Memory Bit 9000 BIT
8008
Memory Remar
192.2 GB/S
Memorial Cabricular capacity
224.0 GB/S
No data
Demeded memory
—
Support for ports and displays
Let’s find out the difference in the ports that GeForce GTX 1060 GB are equipped GDDR5X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile. Pay attention to the number of ports and the maximum resolution of supported monitors.
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display connections
No outputs
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HDMI
No data
Technology
Let’s see what the difference is.
It is worth noting that NVIDIA and AMD use different technologies.
6.1
CUDA
No data
API support
The confrontation between the two rivals GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile is almost over. Hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not taken into account in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests.
12 (12_1)
DirectX
No data
4.6
Opengl
No data
1.2.131
Vulkan
No data
6.4
Shader Model
9000.
OpenCL
n/a
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