nvidia

Brand

3GB GDDR5

Memory

1152

Cores

192.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

$199 Aug 2016 View Details

nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR5X

Memory

2560

Cores

320.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

$599 May 2016 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

3GB GDDR5 120W $199 Aug 2016

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

$199 • Aug 2016

GeForce GTX 1080

$599 • May 2016

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

8GB GDDR5X 180W $599 May 2016

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Memory Size	3 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR5X
TDP	120 W	180 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1708 MHz	1733 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	320.3 GB/s
Process Size	16nm	16nm
Architecture	Pascal	Pascal
Shading Units	1152	2560
RT Cores	N/A	N/A
TMUs	72	160
ROPs	48	64
Memory Bus	192-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	2002 MHz	1251 MHz
Pixel Rate	81.98 GPixel/s	110.9 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	192.2 GTexel/s	320.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	3.935 GFLOPS	8.873 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.50 MB	2.00 MB
Die Size	200 mm²	314 mm²
Transistors	4400 Million	7200 Million
Required PSU	300 W	450 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX	12.1	12.1
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

3753

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

7282 (+94%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

34861

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

63994 (+84%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

49.7 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

89.1 FPS (+79%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

9787

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

15572 (+59%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (41 benchmarks)

Sudden Strike 4

8.1 2017 • Strategy • Kite Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+52%)

AVG 155 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+67%)

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+69%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Aven Colony

8 2017 • Indie, Simulation, Strategy • Mothership Entertainment LLC

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+70%)

AVG 131 FPS

MIN 116 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+74%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+167%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

GET EVEN

6.9 2017 • Action, Indie • The Farm 51

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+62%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+62%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+81%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

DiRT 4

6.3 2017 • Racing, Simulation, Sports • Codemasters, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+63%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+79%)

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+543%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 7 FPS

MIN 5 FPS

Winner

Loser

TEKKEN 7

8.7 2017 • Action, Sports • BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+71%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

RiME

6.8 2017 • Adventure • Tequila Works, QLOC

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+75%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+81%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+83%)

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Wins!

Based on 41 benchmarks across 14 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

+71.5%

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1080