Xbox Series S GPU vs GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking281not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation27.15no data
Power efficiency16.87no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP106Lockhart
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$237.11 $299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores12801280
Core clock speed1506 MHz1565 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 million8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt100 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate133.6125.2
Floating-point processing power4.275 TFLOPS4.006 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs8080

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Lengthno data274 mm
Widthno dataIGP

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 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s224.0 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 ConnectorsDP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI1x HDMI 2.1
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI-+
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 10 November 2020
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 100 Watt

GTX 1060 Mobile has 25% lower power consumption.

Xbox Series S GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and Xbox Series S GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile is a notebook card while Xbox Series S GPU is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
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AMD Xbox Series S GPU
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