NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

121
Place in performance rating
795
43.49
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Pascal
Architecture
Fermi 2.0
GP106
Code name
GF117
Desktop
Type
Desktop
19 July 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
27 November 2013 (8 years ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$525 (1.8x MSRP)
Price now
$310
28.31
Value for money
0.09
GP106
GPU code name
GF117
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
96
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
775 MHz
1709 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
4,400 million
Transistor count
585 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
136.7
Texture fill rate
12.40
4,375 gflops
Floating-point performance
297.6 gflops
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
4,400 million
Number of transistors
585 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
15 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
250 mm
Length
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1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1800 MHz
192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
G-SYNC support
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
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+
Multi Monitor
no data
6.1
CUDA
no data
+
Multi-Projection
no data
+
G-SYNC
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

44.51% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 96)

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (6 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (192.2 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M

Cheaper ($310 vs $525 (1.8x MSRP))

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 120 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

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