GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB vs Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated349
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data13.11
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGP100GP106
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)27 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,599 no data

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 cores35841280
Core clock speed1190 MHz1063 MHz
Boost clock speed1329 MHz1480 MHz
Number of transistors15,300 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate297.7118.4
Floating-point processing power9.526 TFLOPS3.789 TFLOPS
ROPs9648
TMUs22480

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeHBM2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount12 GB6 GB
Memory bus width3072 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed715 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth549.1 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 outputs
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.06.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 27 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 6 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 80 Watt

Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 212.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Tesla P100 PCIe 12 GB
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
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