Radeon RX Vega Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGP106Vega Mobile
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)7 January 2018 (6 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 cores12801792
Core clock speed1265 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1480 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt90 Watt
Texture fill rate118.4no data
ROPs48no data
TMUs80no data

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 datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed8008 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.012_1
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 June 2017 7 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 90 Watt

GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB has 12.5% lower power consumption.

RX Vega Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB and Radeon RX Vega Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB
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AMD Radeon RX Vega Mobile
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