GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GP106
GP106
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
July 2016
June 2017
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
1480 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1265 MHz
Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
4,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
80 Watt
Texture fill rate
136.7
118.4
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
3 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
-
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
1.2.131
-
VR Ready
+
-