Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
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
118
73
62
42
63
34
28
15
The Witcher 3
131
108
80
43
45
39
27
12
Counter-Strike 2
198
143
105
53
84
57
41
16
Far Cry 6
103
89
73
38
49
44
31
14
Hogwarts Legacy
74
63
45
24
28
23
18
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
89
82
55
38
39
32
22
14
Ghost of Tsushima
72
55
39
22
24
16
14
9
Cyberpunk 2077
76
68
40
19
30
26
16
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
119
112
79
41
51
45
29
16
Avg FPS
1080p High10946
1080p Ultra8835
1440p Ultra6425
4K Ultra3612
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9689
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Time Spy99833863
Solar Bay259279888
Port Royal2255824
Fire Strike2933212267
Night Raid9512650787
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
74966
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Background Blur200.9 frames/s92.6 frames/s
Face Detection88.6 frames/s43.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.55 Gpix/sec1.4 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.57 Gpix/sec2.04 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.79 Gpix/sec2.28 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.33 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching265.6 Gpix/sec110.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics6315.6 fps3306.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18592
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
G2D Mark937772
DirectX 11151 fps71 fps
DirectX 1265 fps35 fps
GPU Compute9701 Ops/s4116 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)583.6 fps284.8 fps
Car Chase533.8 fps280.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)507.1 fps245.2 fps
T-Rex2784.7 fps1203.9 fps
ALU 27894.6 fps5992 fps
Driver Overhead 2273.3 fps231.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3894.31404.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 10, 2017 August, 18, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Pascal Pascal
Codename GP102 GP106
Price 699 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1481 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1582 MHz 1708 MHz
Shader Units 3584 1152
TMUs 224 72
ROPs 88 48
Execution Units 28 9
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 2816 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 139 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 354 GTex/s 123 GTex/s
FLOPS 11.3 TFLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 250 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 471 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 23.35 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5X GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1376 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 352 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 11000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 11 GB 3 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
484.4 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
192.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 6.1
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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