GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q vs GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated181
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data27.27
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP104TU106B
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 October 2018 (6 years ago)29 January 2019 (5 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 cores12802304
Core clock speed1506 MHz885 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1185 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate136.7170.6
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS5.46 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs80144
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1001 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s384.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-
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.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 October 2018 29 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 2070 Max-Q has an age advantage of 3 months, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X and GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
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