NVIDIA · Pascal (derived from codename prefix) · 2018

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Memory6 GB13 of 143 in GeForce GTX
Power120 W82 of 154 by higher draw in GeForce GTX
Shaders1,28033 of 134 in GeForce GTX
Launch price$29946 of 92 in GeForce GTX

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

314 mm² die · 1,280 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 16 shaders.314 mm² die · 1,280 shadersEach dot = 16 shadersDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Specifications

Memory

Capacity
6 GB
Type
GDDR5
Bus width
192 bit
Memory clock
2,002 MHz
Bandwidth
192.2 GB/s

Compute

Shaders
1,280
SM count
10
TMUs
80
ROPs
48
FP32
3,855.36 GFLOPS
FP64
120.48 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate
72.29 GP/s
Texture fill rate
120.48 GT/s

Clocks

Boost clock
1,506 MHz

Board

TDP
120 W
Bus interface
PCIe 3x16
External power required
Yes
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
299 USD

Physical

Architecture
Pascal (derived from codename prefix)
Codename
GP104-150-KA-A1
Transistors
7.2 billion
Die size
314 mm²
Series
GeForce GTX
Launch date
March 8, 2018

Not recorded by the source: generation, process and base clock.

Catalog context

Within its series, the GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB ranks 29th of 121 for FP32 throughput and 13th of 143 for memory capacity. Its 120 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

Source: Wikipedia, revision 1369488585 · catalog loaded 2026-08-16