NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.

 

Differences

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

  • Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1480 MHz vs 1468 MHz
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Boost clock speed 1480 MHz vs 1468 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 1265 MHz
  • Around 98% higher texture fill rate: 234.9 GTexel / s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1280
  • Around 98% better floating-point performance: 7,516 gflops vs 3,789 gflops
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 8008 MHz
Core clock speed 1290 MHz vs 1265 MHz
Texture fill rate 234.9 GTexel / s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2560 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 7,516 gflops vs 3,789 gflops
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 10008 MHz vs 8008 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 11452
PassMark - G2D Mark 724
Geekbench - OpenCL 48976
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6008

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Pascal
Code name GP106 GP104
Launch date 27 June 2017 27 June 2017
Place in performance rating not rated 186
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1480 MHz 1468 MHz
Core clock speed 1265 MHz 1290 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,789 gflops 7,516 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 16 nm
Pipelines 1280 2560
Texture fill rate 118.4 GTexel / s 234.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 7,200 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size large

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 GB / s 320.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz 10008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5X
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs
G-SYNC support

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan