NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

nvidia

Brand

6GB GDDR5

Memory

1280

Cores

192.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

N/A Jul 2016 View Details

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nvidia

Brand

10GB GDDR6X

Memory

8704

Cores

760.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3080

$449.99 Aug 2020 View Details

$449.99

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

6GB GDDR5 120W N/A Jul 2016

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

$299 • Jul 2016

GeForce RTX 3080

$699 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

10GB GDDR6X 320W $449.99 Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Memory Size	6 GB	10 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6X
TDP	120 W	320 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1709 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Process Size	16nm	8nm
Architecture	Pascal	Ampere
Shading Units	1280	8704
RT Cores	N/A	68
TMUs	80	272
ROPs	48	96
Memory Bus	192-bit	320-bit
Memory Clock	2002 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	82.03 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	192.2 GTexel/s	760.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	4.375 GFLOPS	29.77 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	1.50 MB	5.00 MB
Die Size	200 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	4400 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	300 W	700 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.1	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	Samsung

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

19022 (+366%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

39230

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

161903 (+313%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

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

211.5 FPS (+287%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

10080

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

25153 (+150%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (96 benchmarks)

Scars Above

7.9 2023 • Action, Adventure • Mad Head Games

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3080 (+289%)

AVG 272 FPS

MIN 248 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3080 (+298%)

AVG 187 FPS

MIN 169 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1

GeForce RTX 3080 (+322%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 87 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 3080 (+123%)

AVG 154 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+228%)

AVG 154 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+276%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 84 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 3080 (+235%)

AVG 161 FPS

MIN 140 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+267%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+285%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 67 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 3080 (+234%)

AVG 237 FPS

MIN 173 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+277%)

AVG 181 FPS

MIN 157 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+292%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 84 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 3080 (+294%)

AVG 244 FPS

MIN 216 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+300%)

AVG 164 FPS

MIN 143 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+388%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+1167%)

AVG 114 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+1340%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 5 FPS

MIN 4 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 (+1133%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 35 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 3080 (+244%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+262%)

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+265%)

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Wins!

Based on 96 benchmarks across 30 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

+262%

130

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080