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 (161 benchmarks)

Valkyria Chronicles 4

8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy • SEGA

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+130%)

AVG 242 FPS

MIN 219 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+149%)

AVG 212 FPS

MIN 186 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+198%)

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 136 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

Winner

Loser

Pathfinder Kingmaker

8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG • Owlcat Games

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+15%)

AVG 127 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+84%)

AVG 127 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+137%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

Dying Light Bad Blood

7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access • Techland

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+177%)

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 136 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+155%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+155%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Immortal Unchained

8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Toadman Interactive

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+133%)

AVG 182 FPS

MIN 168 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+163%)

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+164%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

Shadows Awakening

8.3 2018 • Action, RPG • Games Farm

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+154%)

AVG 221 FPS

MIN 204 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+169%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+155%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Strange Brigade

7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+148%)

AVG 166 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+154%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (+159%)

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Wins!

Based on 158 benchmarks across 54 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

+129.8%

110

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti