GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile

PascalGeForce GTX 10 SeriesLaptopGDDR52016Notebook OEM

Key Metrics

Launch Date
2016-08-15
CUDA Cores
1,280
Memory
6 GB GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
TDP/TBP
80 W
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Why It Mattered

GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile matters as a mobile GeForce GTX 10 Series implementation from the Pascal generation around 2016. Laptop GPU names often hide large differences in power limits, cooling, memory, and OEM firmware, so tracking the exact variant explains why similarly named systems can perform differently.

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Sources

Primary / manufacturer sources

  1. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10-Series Laptops specification table (2018-01-08 capture)Archived official NVIDIA table listing frame buffer, interface width, and total graphics power for the five standard GTX 10-series laptop GPUsOpen source
  2. NVIDIA Record Breaking GeForce GTX 10-Series GPUs Available Now In LaptopsOfficial August 15, 2016 availability article for GTX 1080, GTX 1070, and GTX 1060 laptop GPUsOpen source

Independent reference sources

  1. TechPowerUp GPU SpecsModel-level specification reference for this GPU entryOpen source

Reference databases

  1. RightNow GPU DatabaseOpen GPU database used to cross-check specifications A reference database: good for cross-checking specifications, but not proof of the original release details on its own.Open source