Nvidia RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking349not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.10no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP106AD107
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year 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 cores12802560
Core clock speed1063 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speed1480 MHz2025 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate118.4162.0
Floating-point processing power3.789 TFLOPS10.37 TFLOPS
ROPs4848
TMUs8080
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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 sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB6 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s192.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 June 2017 26 February 2024
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 35 Watt

Nvidia RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile has an age advantage of 6 years, a 220% more advanced lithography process, and 128.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB and RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB is a notebook graphics card while RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
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