GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB vs GTX 980 SLI Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking110not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.26no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameN16E-GXX SLIGP106
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date22 September 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 cores40961280
Core clock speed1126 MHz1265 MHz
Boost clock speed1228 MHz1480 MHz
Number of transistors10400 Million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)330 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rateno data118.4
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data80

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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 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 amount2x 8 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed3500 MHz8008 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.2 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.

G-SYNC support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112.0
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.5
OpenCLno data1.2
CUDA+6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 September 2015 27 June 2017
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 330 Watt 80 Watt

GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB has an age advantage of 1 year, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 312.5% lower power consumption.

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