The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q is a high-end mobile graphics chip based on the same GP106 GPU as the normal GTX 1060 but it’s designed for thin and light notebooks with lowered base frequency (1063 – 1265 MHz) and lowered maximum frequency (1341 – 1480 MHz). Moreover, the drivers for the GTX 1060 Max-Q optimize the GPU’s power efficiency instead of bumping up performance and also keeping the voltage at 1V while ensuring quiet operations of the cooling fans (maximum of 40 dB) by constantly adjusting the clock speeds.
The rest of the specs are identical to the regular GTX 1060, including the memory configuration – 192-bit width, 6GB GDDR5 clocked at 8000 MHz. The CUDA core count is 1280, TMUs are 106 and ROPs are 48. The whole chip, including the memory controller, is rated at 60-70W TDP and as for the features it supports, they are the usual – DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, H.265 decoder and support for Multi-Projection, VR Ready, G-Sync, Vulkan, DirectX 12 and Multi-Monitor.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q (6GB GDDR5) vs competitors:
| # | GPU | 3DM Fire Strike (G) | Performance Difference | In laptops starting at... | Price Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40. | AMD Radeon RX 5300M | 10789 |  2% | N/A | - |
| 41. | 2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M (4GB GDDR5, SLI) | 10597 | 0% | N/A | - |
| 42. | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q (6GB GDDR5) | 10569 |  3% | $849.00 | - |
| 43. | 2x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M (4GB GDDR5, SLI) | 10261 | 0% | N/A | - |
| 44. | 2x AMD Radeon R9 M290X (4GB GDDR5, CrossFire) | 10210 | 1% | N/A | - |
| 45. | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q (3GB GDDR5) | 10152 | - | N/A | - |
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| # | Laptop series | 3DMark Fire Strike (G) | Unigine Heaven 3.0 | Unigine Heaven 4.0 | Unigine Superposition | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dell Inspiron 15 7577 | 10350.00 | 3271.00 | 2499.00 | 1849.00 | $1999.11 |
| 2. | HP Omen 15 (2017, GTX 1060 Max-Q) | 10448.00 | 3322.00 | 2435.00 | 1858.00 | N/A |
| 3. | Lenovo Legion Y520 | 10338.00 | 3285.00 | 2501.00 | 1890.00 | N/A |
| 4. | Dell G5 15 | 11397.00 | 3567.00 | 2863.00 | 1984.00 | N/A |
| 5. | Dell Vostro 15 7580 | 10313.00 | 3436.00 | 2583.00 | 1844.00 | N/A |