NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 with the Max-Q design is a mobile high-end GPU from the Pascal series. It is designed for thin and light laptops and about 10-15% slower than a regular GTX 1060 for laptops based on the cooling capabilities. The base frequency (1063-1265 MHz) is also much lower than on the regular GTX 1060 (1506 MHz, at least -16%) and the Boost (1341-1480 MHz) is also much lower compared to 1708 MHz (at least -13%) for the regular GTX 1060. The memory clock, however, is identical.
The clock is not the only difference compared to the regular GTX 1060 though. The drivers for the Max-Q version were optimized for efficiency (and not performance; only for Max-Q models), there are optimized voltage converters for 1V operation, high-end cooling methods, and a 40 dB limit for the fan noise (with clock adjustments to ensure this at all times).
Features
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 of the Max-Q design is notably lower than the normal GTX 1060 for laptops and ranges between 60 and 70 Watt (TGP) according to Nvidia.
GeForce GTX 1000 Series Codename N17P-G1 Max-Q Architecture Pascal Pipelines 1280 - unified Core Speed 1063 - 1265 - 1341 - 1480 (Boost) MHz Memory Speed 8000 MHz Memory Bus Width 192 Bit Memory Type GDDR5 Max. Amount of Memory 6.144 MB Shared Memory no API DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.5 Power Consumption 60 - 70 Watt Transistor Count 4.4 Billion technology 16 nm Features Multi-Projection, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor Notebook Size large Date of Announcement 30.05.2017
Benchmarks Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
4.5 pt (14%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 3271 avg: 3415 median: 3415 (10%) max: 3559 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 3138 avg: 3324 median: 3324 (9%) max: 3510 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 287286 avg: 346663 median: 367999 (43%) max: 384095 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 71289 avg: 105162 median: 96536 (13%) max: 156285 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 16358 avg: 24167 median: 24154.5 (26%) max: 32658 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 42781 avg: 71376 median: 74101 (19%) max: 81720 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 8292 avg: 9159 median: 9148.5 (16%) max: 9936 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 9992 avg: 10659 median: 10430 (12%) max: 11366 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 80051 avg: 144686 median: 118989 (16%) max: 265343 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 10176 avg: 11974 median: 11973 (17%) max: 13296 Points
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 12970 avg: 13581 median: 13333.5 (11%) max: 14487 Points
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
34189 Points (47%)
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SPECviewperf 11 specvp11 snx-01 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
9.5 fps (6%)
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specvp11 tcvis-02 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
2.8 fps (2%)
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specvp11 sw-02 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
18.4 fps (14%)
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specvp11 proe-05 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
2.8 fps (3%)
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specvp11 maya-03 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
17.3 fps (13%)
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specvp11 lightwave-01 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
20.1 fps (22%)
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specvp11 ensight-04 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
109.7 fps (52%)
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specvp11 catia-03 + SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 catia-03
19.7 fps (10%)
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SPECviewperf 12 specvp12 sw-03 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
43.9 fps (12%)
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specvp12 snx-02 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
5.4 fps (1%)
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specvp12 showcase-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
56.2 fps (12%)
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specvp12 mediacal-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
27.5 fps (8%)
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specvp12 maya-04 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
92 fps (25%)
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specvp12 energy-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
5.2 fps (5%)
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specvp12 creo-01 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
34.8 fps (18%)
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specvp12 catia-04 + SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
45.4 fps (8%)
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Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 6822 avg: 8146 median: 6829.5 (5%) max: 11275 points
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Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 59.6 avg: 68.9 median: 71.7 (26%) max: 76.2 fps
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Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 88.5 avg: 107.1 median: 110.6 (6%) max: 120.1 fps
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Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.6 % (100%)
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
398 fps (23%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
1614 Samples/s (7%)
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
2924 Samples/s (5%)
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ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
min: 7555 avg: 7747 median: 7653 (8%) max: 8202 points
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Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 89 avg: 105 median: 101.9 (22%) max: 123.1 Watt
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Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency
min: 0.3006 avg: 0.3 median: 0.3 (35%) max: 0.3955 fps per Watt
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Clock Speed - GPU Clock Witcher 3 ultra
1440 MHz (56%)
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Game Benchmarks The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
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» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
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