nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1280

Cores

192.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

$299 Jul 2016 View Details

nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

2944

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

$699 Sep 2018 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

6GB GDDR5 120W $299 Jul 2016

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

$299 • Jul 2016

GeForce RTX 2080

$699 • Sep 2018

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

8GB GDDR6 215W $699 Sep 2018

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Memory Size	6 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6
TDP	120 W	215 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1709 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	448 GB/s
Process Size	16nm	12nm
Architecture	Pascal	Turing
Shading Units	1280	2944
RT Cores	N/A	46
TMUs	80	184
ROPs	48	64
Memory Bus	192-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	2002 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	82.03 GPixel/s	109.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	192.2 GTexel/s	448 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	4.375 GFLOPS	10.07 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.50 MB	4.00 MB
Die Size	200 mm²	545 mm²
Transistors	4400 Million	13600 Million
Required PSU	300 W	550 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	12.2
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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

10843 (+165%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

39230

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

118637 (+202%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

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

128.3 FPS (+135%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

10080

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

18747 (+86%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (246 benchmarks)

Scars Above

7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure • Mad Head Games

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 2080 (+140%)

AVG 168 FPS

MIN 152 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 2080 (+138%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 2080 (+148%)

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

King's Bounty II

8 2021 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy • Fulqrum Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+114%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+128%)

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+132%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

HUMANKIND

8.3 2021 • Strategy • AMPLITUDE Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+127%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+139%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+150%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Forgotten City

8.5 2021 • Adventure, Indie, RPG • Modern Storyteller

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+103%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+123%)

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+128%)

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Ascent

8 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Neon Giant

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+124%)

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+115%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+153%)

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 2080 (+644%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 2080 (+740%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 5 FPS

MIN 4 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 2080 (+600%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 3 FPS

MIN 2 FPS

Winner

Loser

Total War ROME REMASTERED

7.5 2021 • Strategy • Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+116%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+118%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 2080 (+122%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Wins!

Based on 246 benchmarks across 75 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

+127.1%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 2080