NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GP106GPU NameGM204
N17E-G1-A1Model numberN16E-GXX-A1
PascalArchitectureMaxwell 2.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
16 nmProcess Size28 nm
4,400 millionTransistors5,200 million
200 mm²Die Size398 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 27th, 2017Release DateJun 1st, 2016
GeForce 10 MobileFamilyGeForce 900M
ActiveProductionActive
GeForce 900MPredecessorGeForce 800M
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

6 GBMemory Size8 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
192 bitMemory Bus256 bit
192.2 GB/sBandwidth192.0 GB/s

Performance

71.04 GPixel/sPixel fillrate75.39 GPixel/s
118.4 GTexel/sTexture fillrate122.5 GTexel/s
3.789 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance3.920 TFLOPS
118.4 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance122.5 GFLOPS (1:32)

Clock Speeds

1063 MHzBase Clock1050 MHz
1480 MHzBoost Clock1178 MHz
2002 MHz
8 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1500 MHz
6 Gbps effective

Render Config

1280Shading Units1664
80TMUs104
48ROPs64
48 KB (per SM)L1 Cache48 KB (per SMM)
1536 KBL2 Cache2 MB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthMXM Module
80 WThermal design power (TDP)148 W
No outputsDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs
NonePower ConnectorsNone

API support

12 (12_1)DirectX12 (12_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.1
6.4Shader Model6.4
6.1CUDA5.2