NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X is an end-of-life GeForce 10-series graphics card built on TSMC's 16 nm process. It uses the GP104 chip with 7,200 million transistors on a 314 mm² die, for a transistor density of 22.9M/mm². The architecture is Pascal, and the release date is October 17, 2018. The card carries a 120 W TDP, a dual-slot footprint, and a length of 250 mm (9.8 inches). In the database it holds a 50th-percentile position among all GPUs, while the benchmark array is empty and the average benchmark score field is 0. Its product lineage places it after the GeForce 900 and before the GeForce 20.

Power and Cooling

The TDP is 120 W, and the suggested PSU is 300 W. Power is delivered through one 6-pin connector. This is a modest electrical profile, supported by the 16 nm process node and TSMC as the foundry. The dual-slot cooler and 250 mm (9.8-inch) length define the physical installation requirements: one spare 6-pin PCIe power lead and roughly 9.8 inches of clearance in the case. The card uses a PCIe 3.0 x16 bus interface. No other power connectors are listed beyond that single 6-pin input. The 120 W TDP and 300 W system power suggestion are the exact figures to check against a power supply. The fact pack contains no wattage for rival products, so broader PSU comparisons are not possible from the data.

Who Should Consider It

With no per-game benchmark scores, a resolution-specific recommendation cannot be tied to measured frame rates. The only quantitative performance anchor is the 50th-percentile rank, which places this GPU exactly at the median of all GPUs in the database. That median standing suggests a mainstream position: suitable for a broad middle segment of performance workloads, but not an extreme high-end part according to the percentile data. The 6 GB GDDR5X frame buffer and 192.2 GB/s memory bandwidth are the memory-side characteristics relevant to resolution-heavy scenarios. The 1280 shading units, 80 texture units, and 48 ROPs provide the compute resources behind that positioning. Because the benchmarks array is empty, any advice about specific graphics settings would not be grounded in database results. Instead, the data supports classifying the card as a median performer. The 250 mm length is the dimension to verify for physical clearance. The absence of measured scores means the recommendation should be read as a distribution-based classification rather than a game-specific endorsement.

Ray Tracing and Feature Set

The fact pack lists no RT cores and no tensor cores; both fields are null. This indicates the GPU has no dedicated ray tracing hardware and no tensor-core AI acceleration in the recorded specification. The feature set instead rests on Pascal architecture capabilities: DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4 API support. Display connectivity is provided by one DVI port, one HDMI 2.0 port, and three DisplayPort 1.4a ports. Compute rates include 4.375 TFLOPS FP32 and 68.36 GFLOPS FP16 at a 1:64 ratio, meaning FP16 throughput is heavily rate-limited relative to FP32. For workloads requiring dedicated ray tracing or tensor operations, this GPU does not present those resources in the data.

How It Compares

The nearestRivals array in the fact pack is empty. There are therefore no named rival products, no rival scores, and no deltaPct values to analyze. Because no competitive peers have been assigned in the database, a one-paragraph-per-rival comparison cannot be written. What the available data does show is product-generation context: the GeForce 10-series card lists the GeForce 900 as its predecessor and the GeForce 20 as its successor. The GP104 chip and Pascal architecture place it inside NVIDIA's 16 nm era. With no score deltas, the card's competitive position is expressed only through its 50th-percentile rank and its specification figures. No other GPU data is present for comparison, so any statement about being ahead of or behind a specific rival would not be supported by the fact pack.

Benchmark Performance

The benchmark section contains no entries, and the average benchmark score is 0. Since no measured results are recorded, that 0 cannot be used as evidence of actual performance. The meaningful quantitative marker is the percentileVsAllGpus value of 50, which indicates that the card sits at the median in the database distribution. Exactly half of all GPUs rank above it and half below it based on that percentile. In terms of raw throughput, the FP32 rate is 4.375 TFLOPS, the texture rate is 136.7 GTexel/s, and the pixel rate is 82.03 GPixel/s. These figures quantify the available capacity for shading, texturing, and rasterization. The boost clock is 1709 MHz, and the base clock is 1506 MHz. The memory clock is 1001 MHz, or 8 Gbps effective. The absence of rival data means there are no deltas to calculate; the only comparative statement supported by the data is the 50th-percentile rank. In this sense, the card is defined more by its median distribution position than by any benchmark score.

FAQ

Q: What is the TDP and what power supply does the card require?

A: The TDP is 120 W. The suggested PSU is 300 W, and the card uses one 6-pin power connector.

Q: What are the memory specifications?

A: It has 6 GB of GDDR5X on a 192-bit bus. The memory clock is 1001 MHz, which is 8 Gbps effective, and the resulting bandwidth is 192.2 GB/s.

Q: Which APIs are supported?

A: The card supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Q: Does this GPU include ray tracing cores or tensor cores?

A: No. The fact pack lists RT cores as null and tensor cores as null, indicating the absence of both core types.

Q: What display outputs does the card offer?

A: There is one DVI port, one HDMI 2.0 port, and three DisplayPort 1.4a ports.

Q: When was it released and what came before and after it?

A: The release date is October 17, 2018. It is an end-of-life product, with the GeForce 900 as its predecessor and GeForce 20 as its successor.

Memory Subsystem

The memory subsystem is built around 6 GB of GDDR5X with a 192-bit bus width. The memory clock is 1001 MHz, and the effective transfer rate is 8 Gbps. This combination produces 192.2 GB/s of bandwidth. That bandwidth connects to the GPU's 1280 shading units, 80 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. The pixel rate is 82.03 GPixel/s, while the texture rate is 136.7 GTexel/s. For memory-heavy workloads, the 6 GB capacity and 192.2 GB/s figure are the recorded limits; the benchmark data does not include frame-rate measurements at specific resolutions. The 192-bit bus is the interface width used to pass data to and from the GDDR5X memory. No other memory configurations are listed for comparison in the fact pack.