NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) and NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q 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 (Laptop)

NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 62% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1180 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5012 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8161 vs 3884
Around 6% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 29491 vs 27798
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12645 vs 8909
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12645 vs 8909

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 30 August 2015
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz vs 1180 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161 vs 3884
Geekbench - OpenCL	29491 vs 27798
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12645 vs 8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12645 vs 8909

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
Around 13% better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 4,275 gflops
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 618 vs 444
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3709 vs 3654
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3709 vs 3654

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	151.0 GTexel / s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	4,833 gflops vs 4,275 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	618 vs 444
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3709 vs 3654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3709 vs 3654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8161

3884

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

618

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

29491

27798

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12645

8909

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3654

3709

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12645

8909

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3654

3709

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161	3884
PassMark - G2D Mark	444	618
Geekbench - OpenCL	29491	27798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	111.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1371.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	509.222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12645	8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3654	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12645	8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3654	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3667

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GP106B	GM204
Launch date	15 August 2016	30 August 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11
Place in performance rating	401	349
Price now	$229.99
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	49.49
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz	1180 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	930 MHz
CUDA cores	1280
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops	4,833 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C
Pipelines	1280	2048
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s	151.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	5,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	No outputs
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB / s	160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
Surround
Virtual Reality
VR Ready