NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB

  • 2x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 3 GB
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 3 GB

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Pascal
Code name GP106 GP106
Launch date 27 June 2017 27 June 2017
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1480 MHz 1480 MHz
Core clock speed 1265 MHz 1265 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,789 gflops 3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 16 nm
Pipelines 1280 1280
Texture fill rate 118.4 GTexel / s 118.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 4,400 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 8008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

CUDA