Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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
89
50
41
26
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
85
64
45
23
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
132
94
65
32
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
72
61
50
23
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
46
35
25
14
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
46
33
23
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
44
32
24
12
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
43
43
25
9
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
79
71
46
25
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High7250
1080p Ultra5537
1440p Ultra3927
4K Ultra2113
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6010
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy58564203
Solar Bayn/a11205
Port Royal3250838
Fire Strike1950613131
Night Raid7000154567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
49950
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur134.8 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection59.8 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.37 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.79 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.46 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.22 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching191.9 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4183.6 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
13765
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark853747
DirectX 11106 fps72 fps
DirectX 1255 fps37 fps
GPU Compute6126 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
73.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)391.3 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase375.2 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)337.9 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex1867.7 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 21803.6 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2264 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2238.81538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced June, 2, 2015 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Pascal
Codename GM200 GP106
Price 649 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1076 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 2816 1280
TMUs 176 80
ROPs 96 48
Execution Units 22 10
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 103 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 189 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 250 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 28 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 601 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 8 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 13.31 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 384 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
336.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
192.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 5.2 6.1
DisplayPort 1.2 1.4a
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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