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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design) logo AMD Radeon HD 7970M logo
General information GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design) Radeon HD 7970M
Launched Q2 2017 Q2 2012
Used in Mobile Mobile
Factory NVIDIA AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 6144 MB 0 % 4096 MB 33.3 %
Core Clock 1480 MHz 0 % 850 MHz 42.6 %
DirectX DirectX 12.1 DirectX 11.1
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 W 0 % 75 W 6.3 %
Performance GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design) Radeon HD 7970M
Overall Score 45180 0 % 30779 31.9 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 20 % 62.3 %
Benchmark Score 20412 0 % 9474 53.6 %
2D Benchmark Score 411.7 22 % 527.7 0 %
Average DirectX performance 67.8 FPS 0 % 30.3 FPS 55.3 %
DirectX 9 performance 136.2 FPS 0 % 64.1 FPS 53 %
DirectX 10 performance 44.6 FPS 0 % 15.1 FPS 66 %
DirectX 11 performance 60.8 FPS 0 % 23.1 FPS 62 %
DirectX 12 performance 29.8 FPS 0 % 18.9 FPS 36.5 %
Graphic card computing 2914 operations/s 0 % 1687 operations/s 42.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design), Radeon HD 7970M.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design) Radeon HD 7970M
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 100.5 FPS 62.3 FPS
High settings 181.0 FPS 112.2 FPS
Medium settings 217.1 FPS 134.6 FPS
Low settings 304.0 FPS 188.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 38 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design), Radeon HD 7970M.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 1060 (Max-Q Design) Radeon HD 7970M
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 75.2 FPS 50.6 FPS
High settings 135.4 FPS 91.0 FPS
Medium settings 162.5 FPS 109.2 FPS
Low settings 227.4 FPS 152.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 32.8 %
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