GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q: FPS benchmarks and laptop guide

The GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q is the efficiency trim of Pascal's people's chip — and in this catalog it is a shared-data twin: its game table and seven-model roster are identical to the standard GTX 1060 laptop record, while its own benchmark entries differ. This page explains the pairing honestly. 16 games are benchmarked at 1080p.

Where the GTX 1060 Max-Q sits in 2026

The composite score of 45.2 ranks #141 of 341 — five places below the standard record (#136, 46.4), the expected ordering for a Max-Q trim. Neighbors: the Quadro T1000 (45.9), a generic Radeon Graphics record (45.9) and the Radeon Pro 5500M record (45.4) above; the GeForce MX450 (44.7) and a separate GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design record (44.6) below. The ranking cannot separate these records by performance — the tables do not either.

What the chip brings

The record lists 6 GB of GDDR5, 1,280 cores, an 80 W envelope, a 14 nm process and 4.3 TFLOPS. Public entries: PassMark 5,891, Time Spy 3,324 and Fire Strike 11,558 — modest figures that reflect the efficiency tune. CUDA is supported; no DLSS in this generation.

FPS in games at 1080p

Identical to the standard record at the high preset: CS:GO and Overwatch at 240, Fortnite at 177, GTA V and PUBG at 140, Counter-Strike 2 at 137, Valorant at 136, Forza Horizon 4 at 102, Dota 2 at 100, Battlefield 5 at 96, Far Cry 5 at 75, Forza Horizon 5 and The Witcher 3 at 69, Resident Evil 4 Remake at 47, Cyberpunk 2077 at 37 and Metro Exodus at 40. Shared data between the twin records — read them as one chip's table.

Laptops that carry it

The same seven 2017–2019 Dell/HP gaming machines as the standard record: Alienware 15 R3 ($509), Dell G3 3579 ($482), G7 7588 ($554) and G7 15 7588 ($604), HP OMEN 15-dc0051nr ($554), Inspiron 7577 ($495) and the Dell G5 15 5587 at $245 — the catalog's cheapest entry into this table.

Bottom line

The Max-Q badge on this chip changes nothing a buyer can measure here: same table, same hosts, same era caveats. The shopping advice is the standard record's advice — a $245–$604 Pascal gaming machine with high-frame-rate esports play and 37–47 FPS in the heaviest titles at 1080p high, bought on condition rather than label. Cross-read the two pages; they are one GPU.