Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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
186
129
117
86
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
202
173
123
67
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
272
215
154
85
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
152
144
126
77
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
132
106
85
47
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
166
158
123
80
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
116
99
81
51
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
146
130
89
42
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
236
220
169
92
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High17950
1080p Ultra15337
1440p Ultra11927
4K Ultra7013
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy196304203
Solar Bay9648911205
Port Royal13261838
Fire Strike4789213131
Night Raid14378854567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur239.8 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection156.8 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.8 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection14.8 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.9 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.53 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching889.6 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics26054.6 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark1088747
DirectX 11223 fps72 fps
DirectX 12111 fps37 fps
GPU Compute15428 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase860.8 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.2 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex3834.2 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 26702 fps5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2296.1 fps282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6622.81538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 3, 2021 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Pascal
Codename GA102 GP106
Price 1199 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1665 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 10240 1280
TMUs 320 80
ROPs 112 48
Execution Units 80 10
Ray Tracing Cores 80 No
Tensor Cores 320 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 6000 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 186 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 533 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 350 W 120 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 628 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 44.59 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1188 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 384 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 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 8.6 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 3080 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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