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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design is a laptop graphics processor, built on the Pascal architecture. It has 6 GB of video memory and a 80 W board power rating. It scores 7,816 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 (FL 12_1), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 6.1.

PascalMobile

4/10 key specs recorded · 19 facts

Depth: 30 recorded fields, 1 feature, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified July 25, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark. Coverage: 4 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

6 GB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

80 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design scores 7,816 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 86.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #376), measured across 2,518 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 395.

PassMark G3D Mark

7,816

Rank #376
Faster than 86.2% of 2,658 GPUs
2,518 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 133 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 81.6% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 45 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 74.7% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 59 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 74.7% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 31 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 67.4% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 2,857 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 73% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design averages DirectX 9 133 fps, DirectX 10 45 fps, DirectX 11 59 fps, DirectX 12 31 fps and GPU Compute 2,857 ops/s, across 2,518 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 6 GB

Core clock 1480 MHz

Memory clock 2002 MHz

DirectX 12.1

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 80 W

First benchmarked 2017-06-19

Samples 2,518

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 6 GB of memory, a core clock of 1480 MHz, DirectX 12.1 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2017-06-19. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Pascal

Codename Not recorded

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design is based on the Pascal architecture.

Memory

Size 6 GB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design is equipped with 6 GB of memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design has a board power rating of 80 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 80 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Laptop

Series GeForce GTX 10 Series

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 7,816

PassMark G2D 395

Rank #376

Samples 2,518

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design supports DirectX 12 (FL 12_1), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 6.1.

DirectX 12 (FL 12_1)

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.4

CUDA compute capability 6.1

Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design.

Features

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Compute and AI

Supported: CUDA Compute capability 6.1

Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.

Not listed (2)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design supports CUDA (Compute capability 6.1) under Compute and AI.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design has 6 GB of video memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design has a board power rating of 80 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design scores 7,816 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 86.2% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #376. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 31 fps.