GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q vs GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated323
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data23.06
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP104TU117
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 October 2018 (6 years ago)2 April 2020 (4 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 cores12801024
Core clock speed1506 MHz1035 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1200 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate136.776.80
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPS2.458 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs8064

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 datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-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 typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1001 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s160.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.140
CUDA6.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 October 2018 2 April 2020
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 50 Watt

GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 140% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X and GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
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