Although the official announcement of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is still a few hours from now, Videocardz went ahead and revealed the GTX 1060’s pricing, features, more specs and release date. The GeForce GTX 1060 is said to feature 1280 CUDA cores with a clock speed of 1506MHz base to 1709MHz boost, 6GB of GDDR5 memory, 192bit memory interface and 120W TDP. It will become available worldwide starting July 19, starting at $249 and $299 for the Founders Edition. Videocardz claim that they saw this card reaching 2GHz, and according to NVIDIA the GTX 1060 offers the performance of a GTX 980. Check out the slides and photos below.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Released
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Specifications
| Specifications | GeForce GTX 1060 | GeForce GTX 1070 | GeForce GTX 1080 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPU | Pascal GP106 | Pascal GP104 | Pascal GP104 |
| Fab Process | 16nm FinFET | 16nm FinFET | 16nm FinFET |
| CUDA Cores | 1280 | 1920 | 2560 |
| Base Clock | 1506 MHz | 1506 MHz | 1607 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1709 MHz | 1683 MHz | 1733 MHz |
| Max. Comp. Perf. | 4.4 TFLOPs | 6.5 TFLOPs | 9.0 TFLOPs |
| VRAM | 6GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR5X |
| Bus Interface | 192-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 192 GB/s | 256 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
| Power Connector | 6-pin | 8-pin | 8-pin |
| TDP | 120W | 150W | 180W |
| Display Outputs | 3x Display Port 1.4, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DVI | 3x Display Port 1.4, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DVI | 3x Display Port 1.4, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DVI |
| Launch Price | $249 - $299 | $379 - $449 | $599 - $699 |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 vs AMD Radeon RX 480
| Specifications | GeForce GTX 1060 | Radeon RX 480 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Pascal GP106 | Polaris 10 XT |
| Fab Process | 16nm FinFET | 14nm FinFET |
| Unified Cores | 1280 | 2304 |
| Base Clock | 1506 MHz | 1120 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1709 MHz | 1266 MHz |
| Max. Comp. Perf. | 4.4 TFLOPs | 5.8 TFLOPs |
| VRAM | 6GB GDDR5 | 4/8 GB GDDR5 |
| Bus Interface | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Speed | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 192 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| TDP | 120W | 150W |
| Launch Price | $249 - $299 | $199 (4GB) / $239 (8GB) |
What do you think guys? Planning to get a GTX 1060 soon? Or AMD’s Radeon RX 480 instead?
