GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB vs ATI 3D Rage II+ DVD

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated349
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data13.10
ArchitectureMach (1992−1997)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameMach64 GT-BGP106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 September 1996 (28 years ago)27 June 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data1280
Core clock speed60 MHz1063 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1480 MHz
Number of transistors5 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology500 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data80 Watt
Texture fill rate0.06118.4
Floating-point processing powerno data3.789 TFLOPS
ROPs148
TMUs180

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIPCIe 3.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 MB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed83 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth664.0 MB/s192.2 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX5.012 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 1996 27 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 500 nm 16 nm

GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB has an age advantage of 20 years, a 153500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between 3D Rage II+ DVD and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that 3D Rage II+ DVD is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB is a notebook one.


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