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.

Manufacturer	NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 1000 Series	GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 3584 @ 1481 - 1600 MHz 352 Bit @ 11000 MHz GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop) 5120 @ 1556 - 1733 MHz 256 Bit @ 10000 MHz GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Desktop) 3840 @ 1506 - 1683 MHz 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Laptop) 4096 @ 1443 - 1645 MHz 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) 2560 @ 1607 - 1733 MHz 256 Bit @ 10000 MHz GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile 2560 @ 1566 - 1733 MHz 256 Bit @ 10000 MHz GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop) 2432 @ 1607 - 1683 MHz 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) 1920 @ 1506 - 1683 MHz 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 2560 @ 1101 - 1290 - 1278 - 1468 MHz 256 Bit @ 10000 MHz GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile 2048 @ 1443 - 1645 MHz 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q 2048 @ 1101 - 1215 - 1265 - 1379 MHz 256 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop) 1280 @ 1506 - 1708 MHz 192 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 1280 @ 1404 - 1670 MHz 192 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 1280 @ 1063 - 1265 - 1341 - 1480 MHz 192 Bit @ 8000 MHz GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile 768 @ 1493 - 1620 MHz 128 Bit @ 7000 MHz GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop) 768 @ 1290 - 1392 MHz 128 Bit @ 7008 MHz GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q 768 @ 1151 – 1290 - 1290 – 1417 MHz 128 Bit @ 7000 MHz GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop) 640 @ 1354 - 1455 MHz 128 Bit @ 7008 MHz GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 640 @ 1354 - 1493 MHz 128 Bit @ 7000 MHz GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q 640 @ 999 - 1189 - 1139 - 1328 MHz 128 Bit @ 7000 MHz GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) 384 @ 1228 - 1670 MHz 64 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Codename	N17E-G1
Architecture	Pascal
Pipelines	1280 - unified
Core Speed	1404 - 1670 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed	8000 MHz
Memory Bus Width	192 Bit
Memory Type	GDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory	6144 MB
Shared Memory	no
DirectX	DirectX 12_1
Transistor Count	4400 Million
technology	16 nm
Features	Multi-Projection, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor
Notebook Size	large
Date of Announcement	18.08.2016
Link to Manufacturer Page	http://www.nvidia.de/graphics-cards/gefo...

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