GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430 vs GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking347not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.30no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGP106C61
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)11 October 2004 (20 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 cores1280no data
Core clock speed1063 MHz425 MHz
Boost clock speed1480 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Wattno data
Texture fill rate118.40.43
Floating-point processing power3.789 TFLOPSno data
ROPs481
TMUs801

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCI
Widthno dataIGP
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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount6 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width192 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed2002 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.43.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 June 2017 11 October 2004
Chip lithography 16 nm 90 nm

GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 462.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB and GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB is a notebook card while GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
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NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430
GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

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