NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs NVIDIA Quadro CX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and NVIDIA Quadro CX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

NVIDIA Quadro CX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 602 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
6.7x more pipelines: 1280 vs 192
9.5x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 55 nm
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
3.3x more maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 1536 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
9.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9076 vs 947
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 614 vs 454

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 December 2017 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 602 MHz
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 192
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9076 vs 947
PassMark - G2D Mark	614 vs 454

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro CX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9076

947

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

614

454

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	NVIDIA Quadro CX
PassMark - G3D Mark	9076	947
PassMark - G2D Mark	614	454
Geekbench - OpenCL	35276
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3911

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	NVIDIA Quadro CX
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GP106	GT200B
Launch date	26 December 2017	11 November 2008
Place in performance rating	317	318
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,999
Price now		$149.95
Value for money (0-100)		8.20
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	602 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1280	192
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	250 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	5 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.2 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	160 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3