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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 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 10 month(s) later
• Around 11% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1152
• Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 120 Watt
• 2x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 3 GB
• Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 147.271 vs 115.073
• Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1681.162 vs 1325.07
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.754 vs 8.057
• 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 98.592 vs 31.946
• Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12767 vs 10566
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3338
• Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12767 vs 10566
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3338

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

• Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1063 MHz
• Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1480 MHz
• Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 123.0 GTexel / s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
• Around 4% better floating-point performance: 3,935 gflops vs 3,789 gflops
• Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9758 vs 7895
• Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 777 vs 413
• Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 31449 vs 27871
• Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 425.709 vs 416.14
• Around 16% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3844 vs 3316

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	7895 9758
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	413 777
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	27871 31449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	147.271 115.073
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1681.162 1325.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.754 8.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	98.592 31.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	416.14 425.709
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12767 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3712 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12767 10566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3712 3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	3316 3844

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