Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 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
152
98
87
65
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
172
140
103
55
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
253
199
137
80
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
133
122
98
59
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
101
83
64
34
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
126
117
88
56
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
93
75
61
34
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
109
95
63
27
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
174
156
116
63
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High14650
1080p Ultra12137
1440p Ultra9127
4K Ultra5313
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
14202
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy146604203
Solar Bay6426611205
Port Royal9109838
Fire Strike3566813131
Night Raid11485754567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
144745
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur211 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection141.3 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.24 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.1 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.22 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.46 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching627.3 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics16980.5 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
21611
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark928747
DirectX 11190 fps72 fps
DirectX 1284 fps37 fps
GPU Compute10244 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
165.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)776.4 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase675.9 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)655.7 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex3193.1 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 24775.9 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2278.9 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation4776.11538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 27, 2018 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Turing Pascal
Codename TU102 GP106
Price 999 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 1350 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1545 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 4352 1280
TMUs 272 80
ROPs 88 48
Execution Units 68 10
Ray Tracing Cores 68 No
Tensor Cores 544 No
L1 cache 64 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 5632 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 136 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 420 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.4 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 250 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 754 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 18 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 23.87 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 352 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 11 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
616 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 7.5 6.1
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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