NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q Benchmark

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q GPU benchmark, specs and release date - 6 GB NVIDIA Graphics card rating. How good is the GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q for gaming?

Benchmarks
Pricing and Availability
Comparison
Specs
Comments

GPU Benchmark Score

18 %

Average score from 5 samples
Medium uncertainty

Performance

Average

Ranking

127th of 531

Popularity

104th of 531

Samples

5 benchmarks

GPU benchmarks

Here are the performance results of this graphics card in both the hardwareDB Benchmark and other benchmark utilities. Synthetic tests are an estimation of real-world performance using consistent and repeatable benchmarks.

hardwareDB Benchmark

All tests were performed at 1920 x 1080 resolution

Flux Core

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

75 FPS average

54 FPS 10% low

43 FPS 1% low

Electron

Randomly generated noise sphere test

64 FPS average

60 FPS 10% low

52 FPS 1% low

City

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

52 FPS average

39 FPS 10% low

35 FPS 1% low

Clouds

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

50 FPS average

44 FPS 10% low

40 FPS 1% low

Want to compare your GPU against the GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q and these results? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download GPU Benchmark

Alternative benchmarks

Here are some benchmark results using alternative testing software

Geekbench (CUDA)

CUDA compute benchmark

28,312

Geekbench (OpenCL)

OpenCL compute benchmark

29,934

Geekbench (Vulkan)

Vulkan compute benchmark

32,085

3DMark Graphics

High-end graphics benchmark

3,284

Compare these benchmarks and specs using our GPU Comparison Tool

GPU Comparison

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q compared against popular alternatives. Compare against more GPUs with our GPU Comparison Tool.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	51 %
AMD Radeon RX 6800M	46 %
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop	26 %
AMD Radeon R9 290	25 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	23 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650	22 %
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q	18 %

Specifications

Core Clock	1480 MHz
Boost Clock	1480 MHz
Memory Type	GDDR5
Memory Size	6 GiB
Bus Width	192 bit
Memory Bandwidth	187.7 GB/s
TDP	80 W
Floating Point Performance	3.79 TFLOP/s
Release Date	2017-06-27
PCIe Revision	3
DirectX Support	12.1
OpenGL Support	4.5
Pixel Rate	71.04 Gigapixels/s
Texture Rate	118.4 Gigatexels/s
Shading Units	1280
Texture Mapping Units	80
Render Output Processors	48

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q

Released in 2017, the GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q is a GPU from NVIDIA. According to our GPU Benchmark, this GPU is an average card for gaming with a score of 18%.

The GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q has 6 GiB of GDDR5 memory, with a total memory bandwidth of 187 GB/s. The memory bus has a width of 192 bits. More memory is beneficial when gaming at high resolutions as the memory needs to store the frame buffer and all the game textures. If you run out of memory, you will experience poor performance as the GPU needs to swap data in and out of the memory as it is used.

In terms of clock speed, the GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q GPU core runs at a frequency of 1480 MHz and if power and temperature permits, it can boost up to 1480 MHz. A clock speed is the frequency at which the GPU updates. A higher speed means more processing can happen per cycle. This is useful only when comparing cards of the same generation, as other architectures may process more or less per clock.

As for rendering API support, the GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q supports up to DirectX 12.1. In addition, in cross-platform titles, OpenGL 4.5 features are supported. Newer APIs are usually more efficient, allowing for better performance in games and better graphical effects.

This chip has a Thermal Design Power of 80W: the total amount of waste heat generated. A card that runs hotter will need better cooling and will draw more power from the wall.

To figure out your graphics card specs and performance, download our free GPU Benchmark utility.