NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1000 MHz
9.5x more texture fill rate: 123.0 GTexel / s vs 13 billion / sec
18x more pipelines: 1152 vs 64
30.7x better floating-point performance: 3,935 gflops vs 128 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 65 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
19.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9762 vs 504
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 773 vs 407

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2016 vs 3 March 2009
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	123.0 GTexel / s vs 13 billion / sec
Pipelines	1152 vs 64
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops vs 128 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9762 vs 504
PassMark - G2D Mark	773 vs 407

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

2.7x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9762

504

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

773

407

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
PassMark - G3D Mark	9762	504
PassMark - G2D Mark	773	407
Geekbench - OpenCL	32335
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3851

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Tesla
Code name	GP106	G94
Launch date	18 August 2016	3 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	372	375
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops	128 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1152	64
Texture fill rate	123.0 GTexel / s	13 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		192
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	DisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
MXM 3.0 Type-B
PCI-E 2.0
Power management		8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD