Qualcomm Adreno 840 vs GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB

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Primary details

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

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ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)no data
GPU code nameGP106no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date27 June 2017 (8 years ago)24 September 2025 (less than a year 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 cores1280no data
Core clock speed1265 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1480 MHz1200 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)80 Wattno data
Texture fill rate118.4no data
ROPs48no data
TMUs80no data

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 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5x
Maximum RAM amount3 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed8008 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/sno data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12.0no data
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 June 2017 24 September 2025

Qualcomm Adreno 840 has an age advantage of 8 years.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB and Qualcomm Adreno 840. We've got no test results to judge.

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