NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps videocard review

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 20 April 2017. At the time of release, the videocard cost $299. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Pascal microarchitecture codenamed GP106.

Core clock speed - 1506 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1709 MHz. Texture fill rate - 136.7 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1280. Floating-point performance - 4,375 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 16 nm. Transistors count - 4,400 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 120 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 6 GB. Memory bus width - 192 Bit. Memory clock speed - 9028 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 216.6 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Pascal
Code name	GP106
Launch date	20 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm
Pipelines	1280
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	216.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	9028 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5