NVIDIA has announced GeForce GTX 1060, the company’s latest affordable gaming graphics card that promises GTX 980-level performance and twice the energy efficiency in VR. It is based on the company’s new Pascal architecture and is built on TSMC’s 16nm FinFET process, similar to the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 GPUs. It has support for DirectX 12, Vulkan graphics APIs, consumers just 120 watts of power and delivers the performance required for immersive VR.
The new smaller chip design uses less power and emits less heat, enabling a higher core clock speed which is key for increasing performance. It is also the first GPU to support GDDR5X memory which enables higher memory bandwidth and larger memory sizes. The Pascal-based GPUs has enhanced asynchronous compute and is the first to harness the power of 6GB of new GDDR5X memory.
| GeForce GTX 1060 | GeForce GTX 960 | |
| GPU Architecture | Pascal | Maxwell |
| Frame Buffer | 6GB GDDR5X | 2GB GDDR5 |
| Memory Type- Speed | 8 Gbps | 7 Gbps |
| Boost Clock (MHz) | 1708 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) | 192 | 112 |
| CUDA Cores | 1280 | 1024 |
| Manufacturing Process | TSMC 16nm | TSMC 28nm |
The GeForce GTX 1060 starts at $249. The Founder’s Edition board, designed and built by NVIDIA – will be available in India starting July 19 starting at Rs. 22,999.