GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB vs Radeon RX Vega 11

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking652not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.88no data
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameRavenGP106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date10 May 2018 (7 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 cores7041280
Core clock speed300 MHz1265 MHz
Boost clock speed1251 MHz1480 MHz
Number of transistors4,940 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate55.04118.4
Floating-point processing power1.761 TFLOPSno data
ROPs848
TMUs4480

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared3 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared192 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared8008 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.2 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 ConnectorsMotherboard Dependentno data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12.0
Shader Model6.7 (6.4)5.0
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL2.11.2
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 May 2018 27 June 2017
Chip lithography 14 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 80 Watt

RX Vega 11 has an age advantage of 10 months, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 128.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 11 and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 11 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB is a notebook one.

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
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