Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
18 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5080
vs
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p High23850
1080p Ultra20337
1440p Ultra16327
4K Ultra9713
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spy330574203
Solar Bay15490811205
Port Royal23163838
Fire Strike7499413131
Night Raid20040954567
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur319.6 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark1396747
DirectX 11322 fps72 fps
DirectX 12148 fps37 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps309.1 fps
Car Chasen/a299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a253.8 fps
T-Rexn/a1307.9 fps
ALU 2n/a5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a282.6 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a1538.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15441n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)47173n/a
Horizon Detection43223n/a
Face Detection (HP)92863n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)202202n/a
Text Classification (SP)3701n/a
Machine Translation (HP)7905n/a
Object Detection (SP)20955n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)69068n/a
Style Transfer (SP)349205n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Pascal
Codename GB203-400 GP106
Price n/a 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 10752 1280
TMUs 336 80
ROPs 112 48
Execution Units 84 10
Ray Tracing Cores 84 No
Tensor Cores 336 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 360 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
192.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 6.1
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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