RTX A5000 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated132
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data19.39
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameGP106GA104
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date27 June 2017 (8 years ago)12 April 2021 (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 cores12806144
Core clock speed1265 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1480 MHz1575 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate118.4302.4
Floating-point processing powerno data19.35 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs80192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48
L1 Cacheno data6 MB
L2 Cacheno data4 MB

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
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB16 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed8008 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA6.18.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 June 2017 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 150 Watt

GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB has 87.5% lower power consumption.

RTX A5000 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB and RTX A5000 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB is a notebook graphics card while RTX A5000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

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