GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB vs Radeon HD 6570M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1044not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.39no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameCapilanoGP106
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date26 November 2010 (14 years ago)27 June 2017 (8 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 cores4001280
Core clock speed650 MHz1265 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1480 MHz
Number of transistors627 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate13.00118.4
Floating-point processing power0.52 TFLOPSno data
ROPs848
TMUs2080
L1 Cache40 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KBno 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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB3 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s192.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 outputsno data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12.0
Shader Model5.05.0
OpenGL4.44.5
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A-
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 November 2010 27 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 80 Watt

HD 6570M has 166.7% lower power consumption.

GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6570M and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

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