Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
96
58
50
30
85
49
41
24
The Witcher 3
100
81
57
31
81
67
47
24
Counter-Strike 2
150
112
77
35
135
94
65
30
Far Cry 6
80
71
55
28
70
61
45
21
Hogwarts Legacy
52
45
33
16
43
36
27
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
67
55
40
26
53
47
31
21
Ghost of Tsushima
52
38
29
16
41
32
23
13
Cyberpunk 2077
55
49
30
13
44
41
22
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
87
82
54
26
78
72
47
22
Avg FPS
1080p High8270
1080p Ultra6655
1440p Ultra4739
4K Ultra2520
DeviationMediumLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
6906
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
5789
Time Spy71355960
Solar Bay1904925955
Port Royal15463328
Fire Strike2146415850
Night Raid6965362399
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
59290
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
73982
Background Blur151.7 frames/s150.7 frames/s
Face Detection71.7 frames/s75.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.51 Gpix/sec2.83 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.71 Gpix/sec3.68 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.63 Gpix/sec4.08 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.29 Gpix/sec0.89 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching214.4 Gpix/sec257.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5989.1 fps9069.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
11417
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
11353
G2D Mark717540
DirectX 1198 fps96 fps
DirectX 1241 fps39 fps
GPU Compute5788 Ops/s3992 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
59.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a326.8 fps
Car Chasen/a290.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a264.8 fps
T-Rexn/a1326.4 fps
ALU 2n/a1494.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a202.7 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1656.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced August, 15, 2016 January, 29, 2019
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Pascal Turing
Codename GP104 TU106 (N18E-G1-B)

GPU

GPU Frequency 1556 MHz 960 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1733 MHz 1175-1200 MHz
Shader Units 2560 1920
TMUs 160 120
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units 20 30
Ray Tracing Cores No 30
Tensor Cores No 240
L1 cache 48 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 111 Gpix/sec 56-58 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 277 GTex/s 141-144 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 4.5-4.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 150 W 80-115 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 314 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 7.2 billion 10.8 billion
Transistor density 22.93 MTr/mm² 24.27 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1251 MHz 1375 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 10008 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
320.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
264 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 7.5
DisplayPort 1.4 1.4
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

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