Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 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
125
80
68
50
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
143
118
86
47
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
207
155
118
62
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
110
99
79
46
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
80
68
52
26
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
98
92
64
41
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
77
61
44
27
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
86
79
46
21
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
132
119
88
48
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High11850
1080p Ultra9737
1440p Ultra7227
4K Ultra4113
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
10851
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy110834203
Solar Bay5000211205
Port Royal6458838
Fire Strike2767013131
Night Raid10044154567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
118637
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur191.8 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection115.9 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.74 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.2 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.56 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.3 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching499.7 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15858.8 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
18751
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark908747
DirectX 11157 fps72 fps
DirectX 1272 fps37 fps
GPU Compute8009 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
128.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)600.3 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase525.3 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)499.8 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex2729 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 23179.7 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2283.6 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3279.31538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 20, 2018 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Turing Pascal
Codename TU104 GP106
Price 699 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 1515 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1710 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 2944 1280
TMUs 184 80
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units 46 10
Ray Tracing Cores 46 No
Tensor Cores 368 No
L1 cache 64 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 109 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 315 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.1 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 215 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 545 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 13 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 23.85 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
448 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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