NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores192.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2048
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
6GB GDDR5 120W N/A Jul 2016
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
$299 • Jul 2016
VS
GeForce GTX 980
$549 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
4GB GDDR5 165W N/A Sep 2014
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 120 W | 165 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1709 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 192.2 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 2048 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 80 | 128 |
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2002 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 82.03 GPixel/s | 77.82 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 192.2 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.375 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
4085 (+14%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
3574
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
39230 (+17%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 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)
54.6 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
FPS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
10080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
11113 (+10%)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Game Benchmarks Comparison (221 benchmarks)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy SEGA
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+25%)
AVG 144 FPS
MIN 131 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 105 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+23%)
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+7%)
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
Winner
Loser
Pathfinder Kingmaker
8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG Owlcat Games
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+3%)
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 104 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+3%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce GTX 980 (+3%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light Bad Blood
7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access Techland
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 72 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+4%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+9%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+0%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+0%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Immortal Unchained
8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG Toadman Interactive
1080p
| high
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+1%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+2%)
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+4%)
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Winner
Loser
Shadows Awakening
8.3 2018 • Action, RPG Games Farm
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+6%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 82 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+6%)
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+19%)
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Strange Brigade
7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure Rebellion
1080p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+4%)
AVG 77 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+4%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce GTX 980 (+0%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB (+0%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Wins!
Based on 221 benchmarks across 74 games
51
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
+0.8%
51
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA • 6GB GDDR5
111
Wins
51
Avg FPS
43
Min FPS
50%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
77
Wins
51
Avg FPS
42
Min FPS
35%
Win Rate
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