Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking217not rated
Place by popularity24not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.36no data
Power efficiency15.20no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGP106GP104
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date18 August 2016 (8 years ago)11 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 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 cores11522048
Core clock speed1506 MHz1164 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1506 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate123.0192.8
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPS6.169 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs72128

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 amount3 GB16 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s192.0 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA6.16.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 August 2016 11 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 16 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 200 Watt

GTX 1060 3 GB has 66.7% lower power consumption.

P5000 X2 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is a desktop card while Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
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