NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

nvidia

Brand

3GB GDDR5

Memory

1152

Cores

192.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

N/A Aug 2016 View Details

nvidia

Brand

4GB GDDR5

Memory

2048

Cores

224.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 980

N/A Sep 2014 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

3GB GDDR5 120W N/A Aug 2016

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

$199 • Aug 2016

GeForce GTX 980

$549 • Sep 2014

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

4GB GDDR5 165W N/A Sep 2014

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Memory Size	3 GB	4 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR5
TDP	120 W	165 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1708 MHz	1216 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	224.4 GB/s
Process Size	16nm	28nm
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell 2.0
Shading Units	1152	2048
RT Cores	N/A	N/A
TMUs	72	128
ROPs	48	64
Memory Bus	192-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	2002 MHz	1753 MHz
Pixel Rate	81.98 GPixel/s	77.82 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	192.2 GTexel/s	224.4 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	3.935 GFLOPS	4.981 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.50 MB	2.00 MB
Die Size	200 mm²	398 mm²
Transistors	4400 Million	5200 Million
Required PSU	300 W	450 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-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 (+5%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

3574

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

34861 (+4%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

33492

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

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

FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

9787

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

11113 (+14%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Game Benchmarks Comparison (161 benchmarks)

Valkyria Chronicles 4

8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy • SEGA

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 (+37%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 131 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 (+36%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 (+22%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 56 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 980 (+5%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 (+6%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 (+6%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 34 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 980 (+18%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 (+5%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 (+18%)

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 21 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 980 (+12%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 980 (+10%)

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 (+14%)

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 23 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 980 (+8%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 (+10%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 (+25%)

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 23 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 980 (+10%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 (+10%)

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 980 (+15%)

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Wins!

Based on 158 benchmarks across 54 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

+14.7%

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 980