GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB vs Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 340 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 6.49 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN (2012−2015) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | Neptune CF | GP106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 May 2012 (13 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 cores | 2560 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 1265 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | 1480 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 80 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 118.4 |
| ROPs | no data | 48 |
| TMUs | no data | 80 |
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 size | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | no data | 3 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2x 256 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz | 8008 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 192.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 | 12.0 |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| CUDA | - | 6.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 May 2012 | 27 June 2017 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 80 Watt |
GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB has an age advantage of 5 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
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