GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB vs Radeon RX 490M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Polaris (2016−2019) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | Polaris | GP106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 August 2016 (8 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 cores | no data | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1265 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1480 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 80 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 118.4 |
| ROPs | no data | 48 |
| TMUs | no data | 80 |
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 size | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 3 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 8008 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 192.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 6.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 August 2016 | 27 June 2017 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 16 nm |
RX 490M has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.
GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 490M and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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