Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated191
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data6.43
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameGP106N19E-Q1
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date5 January 2018 (6 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data
Current price$323 (1.1x MSRP)$2393

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores12801920
Core clock speed1506 MHz945 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHz1380 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate136.7198.7
Floating-point performance4,375 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 and Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB6 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed8008 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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+no data
G-SYNC supportno data+

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 graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2018 27 May 2019
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 80 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 and Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 is a desktop card while Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
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