GeForce RTX 4080 Ti Mobile 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
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameN17P-G1 Max-QAD104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date30 May 2017 (7 years ago)no data

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 cores12807280
Core clock speed1063 - 1265 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1341 - 1480 MHz1665 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 - 70 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate118.4399.6
Floating-point processing power3.789 TFLOPS24.24 TFLOPS
ROPs4880
TMUs80240

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 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 amount6.144 MB12 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHz16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s384.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent
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.

DirectX12.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA6.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 6.144 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 175 Watt

GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB has 191.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 4080 Ti Mobile, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB and GeForce RTX 4080 Ti Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Ti Mobile
GeForce RTX 4080 Ti Mobile

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