GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB vs GTX 960M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking492not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.01no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGM107GP106
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date13 March 2015 (9 years ago)27 June 2017 (7 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 cores6401280
Core clock speed1096 MHz1265 MHz
Boost clock speed1176 MHz1480 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate47.04118.4
Floating-point processing power1.505 TFLOPSno data
ROPs1648
TMUs4080

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB3 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s192.2 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 outputsno data
VGA аnalog display support+no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support+no data
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
BatteryBoost+-
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12.0
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA+6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 March 2015 27 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 80 Watt

GTX 960M has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 6.7% lower power consumption.

GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 960M and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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