NVIDIA GP106

GP106

GP106-300-A1

GP106-350-K3-A1

GP106-400-A1

GP106-410-A1

GP106-875-A1

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Die Shot

Block Diagram

SM Diagram

NVIDIA's GP106 GPU uses the Pascal architecture and is made using a 16 nm production process at TSMC. With a die size of 200 mm² and a transistor count of 4,400 million it is a medium-sized chip. GP106 supports DirectX 12 (Feature Level 12_1). For GPU compute applications, OpenCL version 3.0 and CUDA 6.1 can be used. It features 1280 shading units, 80 texture mapping units and 48 ROPs.

Graphics Processor

Released: Jul 19th, 2016

GPU Name: GP106

Codename: NV136

Architecture: Pascal

Foundry: TSMC

Process Size: 16 nm

Transistors: 4,400 million

Density: 22.0M / mm²

Die Size: 200 mm²

Package: BGA-2173

Graphics Features

DirectX: 12 (12_1)

OpenGL: 4.6

OpenCL: 3.0

Vulkan: 1.3

CUDA: 6.1

Shader Model: 6.8

WDDM: 3.2

NVENC: 6th Gen

NVDEC: 3rd Gen

PureVideo HD: VP8

VDPAU: Feature Set H

Render Config

Shading Units: 1280

TMUs: 80

ROPs: 48

SM Count: 10

SFUs: 320

TPCs: 10

GPCs: 2

L1 Cache: 48 KB per SM

L2 Cache: 1536 KB

Max. TDP: 120 W

All Pascal GPUs

NVIDIA GPU Architecture History

2025 Blackwell 2.0
2024 Blackwell
2023 Hopper
2022-2024 Ada Lovelace
2020-2024 Ampere
2018-2022 Turing
2017-2020 Volta
2016-2021 Pascal
2014-2019 Maxwell 2.0
2014-2017 Maxwell
2013-2015 Kepler 2.0
2012-2018 Kepler
2010-2016 Fermi 2.0
2010-2013 VLIW Vec4
2010-2016 Fermi
2007-2013 Tesla 2.0
2006-2010 Tesla
2003-2013 Curie
2003-2005 Rankine
2001-2003 Kelvin
1999-2005 Celsius
1998-2000 Fahrenheit

Graphics cards using the NVIDIA GP106 GPU

Name	Chip	Memory	Shaders	TMUs	ROPs	Base Clock	Boost Clock	Memory Clock
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	GP106-400-A1	6 GB	1280	80	48	1506 MHz	1709 MHz	2002 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	GP106-300-A1	3 GB	1152	72	48	1506 MHz	1708 MHz	2002 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro P2000	GP106-875-A1	5 GB	1024	64	40	1076 MHz	1480 MHz	1752 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps	GP106-410-A1	6 GB	1280	80	48	1506 MHz	1709 MHz	2257 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q	N17E-G1-A1	6 GB	1280	80	48	1063 MHz	1480 MHz	2002 MHz
NVIDIA P106-100	GP106-100-A1	6 GB	1280	80	48	1506 MHz	1709 MHz	2002 MHz
NVIDIA P106-090	GP106-090-A1	3 GB	768	48	48	1354 MHz	1531 MHz	2002 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile		2 GB	768	48	32	1493 MHz	1620 MHz	1752 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile	N17E-G1-A1	6 GB	1280	80	48	1405 MHz	1671 MHz	2002 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB	GP106-350-K3-A1	5 GB	1280	80	40	1506 MHz	1709 MHz	2002 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2	GP106-400-A1	6 GB	1280	80	48	1506 MHz	1709 MHz	2002 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro P2200		5 GB	1280	80	40	1000 MHz	1493 MHz	1251 MHz
NVIDIA Quadro P2000 Mobile		3.75 GB	1152	72	32	1291 MHz	1291 MHz	1502 MHz
NVIDIA P106M	GP106-505-KC-A1	4 GB	1152	72	32	1291 MHz		1502 MHz

GP106 GPU Notes

NVENC: 6th Gen
NVDEC: 3rd Gen
PureVideo HD: VP8
VDPAU: Feature Set H

Latest Drivers:
Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 (x32 / x64):
GeForce Release 391.35 / 474.89
Quadro Release R390 U9 (392.37) / R440 U4 (441.66)

Windows 10 / 11 (x32 / x64):
GeForce Release 391.35 / Latest
Quadro Release R390 U9 (392.37) / Latest

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