NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

The mobile Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 is a graphics card for high end laptops. It is based on the Pascal architecture and manufactured in 16 nm FinFET at TSMC. The GPU is using the smaller GP106 chip. Compared to the desktop version of the GTX 1060, the laptop version offers the same amount of shaders but slightly lower clock rates. The TDP is slightly less than the old GTX 970M (predecessor).

For thin and light laptops Nvidia offer a Max-Q called version of the GTX 1060 with lower TDP and also significantly lower performance. Sadly this variant im sold with the same GTX 1060 name, making it hard to judge the performance.

The performance of the mobile GTX 1060 is a few percent below a reference GTX 1060 desktop card. In our benchmark so far (no max-Q version) the mobile GTX 1060 was somewhere between -1 and -16% slower than a desktop variant. A comprehensive review of the dekstop GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition with 6 GB GDDR5 can be found here. Therefore, the card is most suited for Full HD or WQHD gaming in high to maximum details (see benchmarks below).

The GP106 chip is produced in 16nm FinFET at TSMC and offers a range of new features, like DisplayPort 1.4 (ready), HDMI 2.0b, HDR, Simultaneous Multi-Projection (SMP) and improved H.265 video de- and encoding (PlayReady 3.0). A list of improvements and features can be found in our article on the Pascal architecture.

The power consumption is specified with a TGP of 80 Watt and therefore slightly below the old GTX 970M. Since summer 2017 a low power variant (Max-Q) is available for thin and light laptops with reduced performance and a lower TGP of 60 - 70 Watt.

GeForce GTX 1000 Series GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 3584 @ 1.48 - 1.6 GHz 352 Bit @ 11000 MHz GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) 5120 @ 1.56 - 1.73 GHz 256 Bit @ 10000 MHz GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Desktop) 3840 @ 1.51 - 1.68 GHz 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Laptop) 4096 @ 1.44 - 1.65 GHz 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) 2560 @ 1.61 - 1.73 GHz 256 Bit @ 10000 MHz GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile 2560 @ 1.57 - 1.73 GHz 256 Bit @ 10000 MHz GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop) 2432 @ 1.61 - 1.68 GHz 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) 1920 @ 1.51 - 1.68 GHz 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 2560 @ 1.1 - 1.28 GHz 256 Bit @ 10000 MHz GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile 2048 @ 1.44 - 1.65 GHz 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q 2048 @ 1.1 - 1.27 GHz 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop) 1280 @ 1.51 - 1.71 GHz 192 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 1280 @ 1.4 - 1.67 GHz 192 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 1280 @ 1.06 - 1.34 GHz 192 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 768 @ 1.49 - 1.62 GHz 128 Bit @ 7000 MHz GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) 768 @ 1.29 - 1.39 GHz 128 Bit @ 7008 MHz GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q 768 @ 1.15 - 1.29 GHz 128 Bit @ 7000 MHz GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) 640 @ 1.35 - 1.46 GHz 128 Bit @ 7008 MHz GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 640 @ 1.35 - 1.49 GHz 128 Bit @ 7000 MHz GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q 640 @ 1 - 1.14 GHz 128 Bit @ 7000 MHz GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) 384 @ 1.23 - 1.67 GHz 64 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Codename	N17E-G1
Architecture	Pascal
Pipelines	1280 - unified
TMUs	80
ROPs	48
Core Speed	1404 - 1670 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed	8000 effective = 2002 MHz
Memory Bus Width	192 Bit
Memory Type	GDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory	6 GB
Shared Memory	no
Memory Bandwidth	192 GB/s
API	DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.5
Power Consumption	80 Watt
Transistor Count	4.4 Billion
technology	16 nm
PCIe	3.0
Features	Multi-Projection, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor
Notebook Size	large
Date of Announcement	18.08.2016
Link to Manufacturer Page	www.nvidia.de

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