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    GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
    Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5MOBILE
    Release date: 15 Aug 2016
    GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 18 Aug 2016
    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
      100%
    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      116%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

    40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB .
    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    Around 16% higher average synthetic performance.
    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    The GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1060 MobileGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    GPU NameGP106 (N17E-G1-A1)vsGP106 (GP106-300-A1)
    Fab Process16 nmvs16 nm
    Die Size200 mm²vs200 mm²
    Transistors4,400 millionvs4,400 million
    Shaders1280vs1152
    Compute Units10vs9
    Core clock1404 MHzvs1506 MHz
    ROPs48vs48
    TMUs80vs72

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1060 MobileGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width192 bitvs192 bit
    Memory Speed2002 MHz
    8008 MHz effective    		vs2002 MHz
    8008 MHz effective
    Memory Size6144 Mbvs3072 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 1060 MobileGeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    TDP80 wattsvs120 watts
    Release Date15 Aug 2016vs18 Aug 2016

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
      67.40 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      72.30 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
      112.30 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      108.40 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
      192.20 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      192.20 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
      3594.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      3470.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
      14100
    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      16380

    Points (higher is better)

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