NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 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 RTX 3060 Max-Q
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- 1125.1x more texture fill rate: 153.8 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
- 3x more pipelines: 3840 vs 1280
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
- 2x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 120 Watt
- Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21278 vs 14345
- Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21278 vs 14345
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 12 Jan 2021 vs 5 January 2018 |
| Texture fill rate | 153.8 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 3840 vs 1280 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm vs 16 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 60 Watt vs 120 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 21278 vs 14345 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 21278 vs 14345 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
- Around 84% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 817 MHz
- Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1282 MHz
- 5.3x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
| Core clock speed | 1506 MHz vs 817 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1709 MHz vs 1282 MHz |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 13389 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 589 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 79058 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 339.841 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 3898.264 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 27.109 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 155.642 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1167.569 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 21278 | 14345 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 8913 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 8054 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 21278 | 14345 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 8913 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 8054 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 8237 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Ampere | Pascal |
| Code name | GA106 | GP106 |
| Launch date | 12 Jan 2021 | 5 January 2018 |
| Place in performance rating | 130 | 72 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1282 MHz | 1709 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 817 MHz | 1506 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 16 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 153.8 GFLOPS (1:64) | |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 9.846 TFLOPS (1:1) | |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 9.846 TFLOPS | |
| Pipelines | 3840 | 1280 |
| Pixel fill rate | 61.54 GPixel/s | |
| Texture fill rate | 153.8 GTexel/s | 136.7 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 60 Watt | 120 Watt |
| Transistor count | 12000 million | 4,400 million |
| Floating-point performance | 4,375 gflops | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
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| G-SYNC support | ||
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| Length | 250 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.0 GB/s | 192.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192 bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective | 8008 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| GPU Boost | ||
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