GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q vs 1060 |
Released May, 2017
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
- 1.3 GHz
- 6 GB GDDR5
by www.tweaktown.com (Jul, 2016)Performance (overclocking, power)90%Quality (build, design, cooling)85%General Features (display outputs, etc)95%Bundle, Packaging & Software90%Value for Money80% Overall TweakTown Rating88% The Bottom Line: NVIDIA crafts yet another great graphics card in the GeForce GTX 1060, with all of the benefits and features of Pascal in a 120W TDP package.
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Released July, 2016
MSI GeForce GTX 1060
- 1.5 GHz
- 6 GB GDDR5
by www.tweaktown.com (Oct, 2016)Performance (overclocking, power)90%Quality (build, design, cooling)95%General Features (display outputs, etc)100%Bundle, Packaging & Software95%Value for Money90% Overall TweakTown Rating94% The Bottom Line: If I could give GIGABYTE a scratch-and-sniff sticker for their GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming, I would.
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Lower TDP | 80W | vs | 120W | Around 35% lower TDP | |||
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| Higher clock speed | 1,544 MHz | vs | 1,265 MHz | More than 20% higher clock speed | |||
| Higher turbo clock speed | 1,759 MHz | vs | 1,480 MHz | Around 20% higher turbo clock speed | |||
| Higher pixel rate | 74.1 GPixel/s | vs | 60.7 GPixel/s | More than 20% higher pixel rate | |||
| Slightly better floating-point performance | 3,953 GFLOPS | vs | 3,238 GFLOPS | More than 20% better floating-point performance | |||
| Slightly higher texture rate | 123.5 GTexel/s | vs | 101.2 GTexel/s | More than 20% higher texture rate | |||
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Features Key features of the GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q vs 1060
memory bandwidth Rate at which data can be read from or stored in onboard memory
pixel rate Number of pixels a graphics card can render to the screen every second
texture rate Speed at which a graphics card can perform texture mapping
floating point performance How fast the gpu can crunch numbers
shading units Subcomponents of the gpu, these run in parallel to enable fast pixel shading
texture mapping units Built into each gpu, these resize and rotate bitmaps for texturing scenes
Specifications Full list of technical specs
gpu | GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q | vs | 1060 |
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| GPU brand | Nvidia | Nvidia | |
| GPU name | GP106 | GP106 | |
| Clock speed | 1,265 MHz | 1,544 MHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 1,480 MHz | 1,759 MHz | |
| Is dual GPU | No | No | |
| Reference card | None | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 1.5 GHz 6 GB | |
raw performance | |||
| Shading units | 1,280 | 1,280 | |
| Texture mapping units | 80 | 80 | |
| Render output processors | 48 | 48 | |
| Pixel rate | 60.7 GPixel/s | 74.1 GPixel/s | |
| Texture rate | 101.2 GTexel/s | 123.5 GTexel/s | |
| Floating-point performance | 3,238 GFLOPS | 3,953 GFLOPS | |
memory | GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q | vs | 1060 |
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| Memory clock speed | 2,002 MHz | 2,002 MHz | |
| Effective memory clock speed | 8,008 MHz | 8,008 MHz | |
| Memory bus | 192 bit | 192 bit | |
| Memory | 6,144 MB | 6,144 MB | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.2 GB/s | 192.2 GB/s | |
noise and power | |||
| TDP | 80W | 120W | |
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