GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GP106
N17P-G1 Max-Q
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
August 2016
May 2017
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
1341 - 1480 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1063 - 1265 MHz
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
4,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
60 - 70 Watt
Texture fill rate
123.0
118.4
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
6.144 MB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
G-SYNC support
-
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12.0
CUDA
6.1
6.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
5.0
Vulkan
+
+
VR Ready
-
+