Pascal · 2016
NVIDIA's mobile GTX 1060 brings the Pascal architecture up to 1280 cores and 6GB of GDDR5 on a 192-bit bus, with boost clocks reaching 1708 MHz - a notable jump over the 1050 Ti in both shader count and memory bandwidth (192 GB/s).
Drawing up to 120W, it was the card that made 1080p gaming at high settings realistic in a laptop back in 2016, and it still has enough headroom for most esports titles and older AAA games at solid frame rates today. Laptops built around this chip tend to run noticeably hotter and heavier than 1050 Ti machines, reflecting its higher power ceiling.
Light gaming and everyday graphics at lower settings.
6 GB GDDR5 memory.
Push performance beyond base clock.
Soldered (Mobile)
Mid-to-high power laptop GPU for mainstream gaming laptops.
The NVIDIA GTX 1060 is a entry-level dedicated GPU with 6GB of GDDR5 memory, suited to light gaming and general-purpose display output.