NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1063 MHz vs 930 MHz
  • Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1480 MHz vs 1180 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 5012 MHz
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7824 vs 3884
  • Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 30399 vs 27798
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12767 vs 8909
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12767 vs 8909
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 June 2017 vs 30 August 2015
Core clock speed 1063 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed 1480 MHz vs 1180 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed 8008 MHz vs 5012 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 7824 vs 3884
Geekbench - OpenCL 30399 vs 27798
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12767 vs 8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 vs 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12767 vs 8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 vs 3709

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

  • Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 151.0 GTexel / s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
  • Around 28% better floating-point performance: 4,833 gflops vs 3,789 gflops
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 618 vs 402
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 151.0 GTexel / s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 1280
Floating-point performance 4,833 gflops vs 3,789 gflops
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 618 vs 402

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7824
3884
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
402
618
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
30399
27798
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12767
8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12767
8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3359
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q
PassMark - G3D Mark 7824 3884
PassMark - G2D Mark 402 618
Geekbench - OpenCL 30399 27798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 147.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1681.162
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 98.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 416.14
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12767 8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12767 8909
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3316

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q NVIDIA GRID M60-8Q

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell 2.0
Code name GP106 GM204
Launch date 27 June 2017 30 August 2015
Place in performance rating 361 360
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1480 MHz 1180 MHz
Core clock speed 1063 MHz 930 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,789 gflops 4,833 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 2048
Texture fill rate 118.4 GTexel / s 151.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 4,400 million 5,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.2 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

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready