GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB vs ATI Wii GPU

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated347
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data13.30
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameHollywoodGP106
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date19 November 2006 (18 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 coresno data1280
Core clock speed243 MHz1063 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1480 MHz
Number of transistors107 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate0.97118.4
Floating-point processing powerno data3.789 TFLOPS
ROPs448
TMUs480

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
InterfaceIGPPCIe 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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount64 MB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed243 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth3.888 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.

DirectXN/A12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 November 2006 27 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 80 Watt

ATI Wii GPU has 77.8% lower power consumption.

GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 462.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Wii GPU and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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