NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs NVIDIA RTX A5000 Max-Q

GPU Specs Compare

Graphics Card

Release Date
Jul 2016
Apr 2021
Generation
GeForce 10
Quadro Ampere-M
Type
Desktop
Mobile
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
1506 MHz
720 MHz
Boost Clock
1709 MHz
1350 MHz
Memory Clock
2002 MHz
1500 MHz

Memory

Memory Size
6GB
16GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Bus
192bit
256bit
Bandwidth
192.2GB/s
384.0GB/s

Render Config

SM Count
10
48
Shading Units
1280
6144
TMUs
80
192
ROPs
48
96
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1536 KB
4 MB
Tensor Cores
-
192
RT Cores
-
48

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
82.03 GPixel/s
129.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
136.7 GTexel/s
259.2 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
68.36 GFLOPS
16.59 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
4.375 TFLOPS
16.59 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
136.7 GFLOPS
259.2 GFLOPS

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
GP106
GA104
GPU Variant
GP106-400-A1
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Architecture
Pascal
Ampere
Foundry
TSMC
Samsung
Process Size
16 nm
8 nm
Transistors
4.4 billion
17.4 billion
Die Size
200 mm²
392 mm²

Board Design

TDP
120W
80W
Suggested PSU
300 W
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Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.4a
Portable Device Dependent
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
None

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
CUDA
6.1
8.6
Shader Model
6.8
6.7

📊 Benchmark

3DMark Time Spy
4,203
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3DMark Time Spy Extreme
1,917
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Battlefield 5 1080p
74
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
9
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
32
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
50
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Battlefield 5 2160p
27
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Battlefield 5 1440p
50
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