GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB vs Radeon RX Vega 11
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 656 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 10.90 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | Raven | GP106 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 10 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 cores | 704 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 1265 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1251 MHz | 1480 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,940 million | 4,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 80 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 55.04 | 118.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.761 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 48 |
| TMUs | 44 | 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).
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | IGP | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | System Shared | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 3 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 8008 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 192.2 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 Connectors | Motherboard Dependent | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12.0 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 (6.4) | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | - |
| 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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