GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB vs Quadro P4000 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking262not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.04no data
Power efficiency14.28no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGP104GP106
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years ago)27 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$819.61 no data

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 cores17921280
Core clock speed1227 MHz1265 MHz
Boost clock speed1228 MHz1480 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate137.4118.4
Floating-point processing power4.398 TFLOPSno data
ROPs6448
TMUs11280

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
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 amount8 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 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
Display Port1.4no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212.0
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA6.16.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2017 27 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 80 Watt

P4000 Mobile has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, and 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P4000 Mobile and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P4000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro P4000 Mobile
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