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

11GB GDDR5X

Memory

3584

Cores

484.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

$699 Mar 2017 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 Ti

$699 • Mar 2017

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

11GB GDDR5X 250W $699 Mar 2017

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Memory Size	3 GB	11 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR5X
TDP	120 W	250 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1708 MHz	1582 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	484.4 GB/s
Process Size	16nm	16nm
Architecture	Pascal	Pascal
Shading Units	1152	3584
RT Cores	N/A	N/A
TMUs	72	224
ROPs	48	88
Memory Bus	192-bit	352-bit
Memory Clock	2002 MHz	1376 MHz
Pixel Rate	81.98 GPixel/s	139.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	192.2 GTexel/s	484.4 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	3.935 GFLOPS	11.34 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.50 MB	2.75 MB
Die Size	200 mm²	471 mm²
Transistors	4400 Million	11800 Million
Required PSU	300 W	600 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin	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

9688 (+158%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

34861

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

74966 (+115%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

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

118.7 FPS (+139%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

9787

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

18594 (+90%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Game Benchmarks Comparison (41 benchmarks)

Sudden Strike 4

8.1 2017 • Strategy • Kite Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+107%)

AVG 211 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+127%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 105 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+141%)

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 43 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 Ti (+112%)

AVG 163 FPS

MIN 146 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+128%)

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 111 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+248%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 63 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 Ti (+94%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+116%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+150%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 52 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 Ti (+107%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+143%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+843%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 43 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 Ti (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB (+0%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+71%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 60 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 Ti (+123%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+142%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+150%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 35 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 Ti Wins!

Based on 41 benchmarks across 14 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

+112.2%

112

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti