As reported by ITHome, At a special event in Asia, Nvidia has officially confirmed the specifications of the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Variant. With 1151 CUDA cores and a boost clock of 1.7GHz, the TDP remains the same as the 6GB variant – at 120W. So from the specs, it appears that the only difference between the 6GB variant and the 3GB model is the CUDA core count.
The boost clock will also be similar – at 1.7 GHz. Both variants – the 6GB and 3GB models – feature 3X DP1.4/HDMI 2.08/DVI-D for display connectivity. The cards will require additional 6-pin connector though.
The fact that Nvidia is launching two products with the same model name but with different GPU configs is quite strange. The GTX 1060 6GB variant could have been named GTX 1060 Boost. Instead, now there are two GTX 1060 cards with same name but with different CUDA core count and different frame buffer.
GTX 1060 3GB First Models Revealed
Gainward has already revealed the first models of the GeForce GTX 1060. The pic shows 3GB GDDR5 memory and 192-bit memory bus.
The pic above shows 106 TMUs. This is reported incorrectly. It should actually read 72 TMUs, not 106.
The GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB model will also have NVIDIA SMP Support, NVIDIA ANSEL Support, DirectX 12 / Vulkan API Support and VR-Ready gaming performance, just like the 6 GB variant. The GTX 1060 is likely to be priced close to $199 US. This pricing means it will compete against both RX 480 4 GB and RX 470 custom models.
GeForce 10 Pascal Family Specs –
| Graphics Card Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 | NVIDIA Titan X |
| Graphics Core | GP106 | GP106 | GP104 | GP104 | GP102 |
| Process Node | 16nm FinFET | 16nm FinFET | 16nm FinFET | 16nm FinFET | 16nm FinFET |
| Die Size | 200mm2 | 200mm2 | 314mm2 | 314mm2 | 471mm2 |
| Transistors | 4.4 Billion | 4.4 Billion | 7.2 Billion | 7.2 Billion | 12 Billion |
| CUDA Cores | 1152 CUDA Cores | 1280 CUDA Cores | 1920 CUDA Cores | 2560 CUDA Cores | 3584 CUDA Cores |
| Base Clock | 1518 MHz | 1506 MHz | 1506 MHz | 1607 MHz | 1417 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1733 MHz | 1708 MHz | 1683 MHz | 1733 MHz | 1530 MHz |
| FP32 Compute | 4.0 TFLOPs | 4.4 TFLOPs | 6.5 TFLOPs | 9.0 TFLOPs | 11 TFLOPs |
| VRAM | 3 GB GDDR5 | 6 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR5X | 12 GB GDDR5X |
| Bus Interface | 192-bit bus | 192-bit bus | 256-bit bus | 256-bit bus | 384-bit bus |
| Power Connector | Single 6-Pin Power | Single 6-Pin Power | Single 8-Pin Power | Single 8-Pin Power | 8+6 Pin Power |
| TDP | 120W | 120W | 150W | 180W | 250W |
| 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 | 3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI | 3x Display Port 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x DVI |
| Launch Date | Sep-16 | 13th July 2016 | 10th June 2016 | 27th May 2016 | 2nd August 2016 |
| Launch Price | $199 US? | $249 US | $379 US | $599 US | $1200 US |
The GTX 6GB variant features same specs as the desktop but with lower clock speeds. With 1280 CUDA cores, 128 TMUs and ROPs, this variant clocks at 1405 MHz and 1671 MHz boost clock with memory at 8 GHz. The GTX 1060 has high clock speeds during performance tests that definitely exceed its specifications. It can boost up to 1800 MHz while consuming less than 80W. Now that’s a really good performance! Although not as great as GTX 980 (mobility), this is fair considering the GTX 1060 is priced lower.
The GTX 6GB and 3GB variant are likely to capture a decent share of graphics card market. Both are priced competitively for the performance that they offer.