Nvidia today officially announced the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. And they did so a little out of the blue (or green). The new 3GB model matches the specs leaked ealier last week.
The 3GB cards will be slowed down a notch, not just in memory but a SM shader cluster is to be disabled. Normally the 1060 6GB would have 1280 shader processors, the 3GB models will get 1152 shader processors activated. The GeForce GTX 1060 reference clocks get a 1506 MHz GPU base clock, with 1708 MHz boost alongside 8 Gbps memory (3GB / 192-bit). The 3GB models are aimed against AMDs Radeon RX 470 and RX 480 with 4 GB graphics memory.
I received a handful of prices:
- Denmark - DKK 1,799
- Euro - EUR 183 EX VAT
- UK - GBP 189.99
- Norway - NOK 2,199
- Sweden - SEK 2,299
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| GeForce | Titan X | GTX 1080 | GTX 1070 | GTX 1060 6GB | GTX 1060 3GB |
| (2016 edition) | |||||
| GPU | GP102-400-A1 | GP104-400-A1 | GP104-200-A1 | GP106-400-A1 | GP106-300-A1 |
| Architecture | Pascal | Pascal | Pascal | Pascal | Pascal |
| Transistor count | 12 Billion | 7.2 Billion | 7.2 Billion | 4.4 Billion | 4.4 Billion |
| Fabrication Node | TSMC 16 nm | TSMC 16 nm | TSMC 16 nm | TSMC 16 nm | TSMC 16 nm |
| CUDA Cores | 3,584 | 2,560 | 1,920 | 1,280 | 1,152 |
| SMMs / SMXs | 28 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 9 |
| ROPs | 96 | 64 | 64 | 48 | 48 |
| GPU Clock Core | 1,417 MHz | 1,607 MHz | 1,506 MHz | 1,506 MHz | 1,506 MHz |
| GPU Boost clock | 1,531 MHz | 1,733 MHz | 1,683 MHz | 1,709 MHz | 1,709 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 2500 MHz | 1,250 MHz | 2,000 MHz | 2,000 MHz | 2,000 MHz |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 6 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 192-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 480 GB/s | 320 GB/s | 256 GB/s | 192 GB/s | 192 GB/s |
| FP Performance | 11.0 TFLOPS | 9.0 TFLOPS | 6.45 TFLOPS | 4.61 TFLOPS | 4.1 TFLOPS |
| GPU Thermal Threshold | 94 Degrees C | 94 Degrees C | 94 Degrees C | 94 Degrees C | 91 Degrees C |
| TDP | 250 Watts | 180 Watts | 150 Watts | 120 Watts | 120 Watts |
| Launch MSRP ref | $1200 | $599/$699 | $379/$449 | $249/$299 | $219 |
The memory is clocked at 8 Gbps (effective) as well as the reference clock frequencies of 1.50 GHz GPU / 1.70 GHz Boost. Nvidia expects retail/channel availability of the new 3GB SKU over the next few weeks. There will be a driver update today to support this new configuration as well.
