A consumer GPU against a data center card on the Pascal architecture: 6 GB GDDR5 against 8 GB GDDR5.
At a glance
Updated 21 minutes ago- Memory
- 6 GB
- GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth
- 192 GB/s
- From
- $0.03 /GPU/hr
- 2 providers
- Memory
- 8 GB
- GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth
- 192 GB/s
- From
- $0.65 /GPU/hr
- 1 provider
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | GTX 1060 | P4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.03 | $0.65 | 22x more expensive on P4 |
| Spot | $0.02 | $0.12 | 6.1x more expensive on P4 |
| Reserved | $0.09 | $0.34 | 3.9x more expensive on P4 |
| Median | $0.06 | $0.81 | 14x more expensive on P4 |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
GTX 1060 vs P4 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GTX 1060 | P4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 6 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR5 | 1.3x more on P4 |
| Bandwidth | 192 GB/s | 192 GB/s | Identical |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 256-bit | 1.3x wider on P4 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| INT8 | Not supported | 22 TOPS | P4 only |
| FP32 | 4.4 TFLOPS | 5.5 TFLOPS | 1.3x higher on P4 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 120 W | 75 W | 1.6x higher on GTX 1060 |
| Released | Q3 2016 | Q3 2016 | |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32 | FP16FP32INT8 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: GTX 1060 datasheet and P4 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | GTX 1060 /GPU/hr | P4 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
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On-Demand $0.0300 | -- |
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On-Demand $0.09 | -- |
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-- | On-Demand $0.65 |
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Our data for Nvidia GTX 1060 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia P4 on Sept. 7, 2026.