GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB and RTX A500 Mobile - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
RTX A500 Mobile
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
N17P-G1 Max-Q
GA107
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
May 2017
March 2022
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
Boost clock speed
1341 - 1480 MHz
1537 MHz
Core clock speed
1063 - 1265 MHz
-
Floating-point performance
3,789 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
4,400 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
60 - 70 Watt
60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate
118.4
98.37
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6.144 MB
4 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
96 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12.0
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.0
6.6
Vulkan
+
1.3
VR Ready
+
-