Quadro P3000 Max-Q vs GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	241	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	31.29	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	N17E-G1	N17E-Q1 Max-Q
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	18 August 2016 (7 years ago)	1 September 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11	no data
Current price	$240 (1x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	1280	1280
CUDA cores	1280	no data
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1075 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz	1240 MHz
Number of transistors	4,400 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	60 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	133.6	no data
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile and Quadro P3000 Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 size	large	large
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
SLI options	-	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors	DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	no data
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDCP	2.2	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	no data
GPU Boost	3.0	no data
Optimus	no data	+
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12_1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 August 2016	1 September 2017
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	16 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	60 Watt

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