NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs NVIDIA Quadro CX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and NVIDIA Quadro CX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 Quadro CX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 602 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 123.0 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 1152 vs 192
8.5x better floating-point performance: 3,935 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 55 nm
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1536 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
10.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9760 vs 947
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 777 vs 454

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2016 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 602 MHz
Texture fill rate	123.0 GTexel / s vs 38.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1152 vs 192
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9760 vs 947
PassMark - G2D Mark	777 vs 454

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro CX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9760

947

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

777

454

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	NVIDIA Quadro CX
PassMark - G3D Mark	9760	947
PassMark - G2D Mark	777	454
Geekbench - OpenCL	31373
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	3844

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	NVIDIA Quadro CX
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GP106	GT200B
Launch date	18 August 2016	11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$1,999
Place in performance rating	367	315
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$149.95
Value for money (0-100)		8.20
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	602 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,935 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1152	192
Texture fill rate	123.0 GTexel / s	38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	250 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3