Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated254
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data24.86
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP104TU106
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date8 March 2018 (6 years ago)27 May 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 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1215 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate136.6175.0
Floating-point processing power4.372 TFLOPS5.599 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB6 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s448.0 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 8 March 2018 27 May 2019
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 60 Watt

RTX 3000 Max-Q has an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 and Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 is a desktop card while Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q
Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q

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