NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1216 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
- Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 100-200 Watt
- Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 4 GB
- 1144x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
| Launch date | 26 December 2017 vs 21 September 2015 |
| Boost clock speed | 1709 MHz vs 1216 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 4,375 gflops vs 4,358 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt vs 100-200 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 5 GB vs 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
- Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 136.7 GTexel / s
- Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
- Around 3% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4053 vs 3917
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 144 billion / sec vs 136.7 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1280 |
| Benchmarks | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4053 vs 3917 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) |
|---|---|---|
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9056 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 611 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 35108 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 10818 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3417 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 10818 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3417 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3917 | 4053 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
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| Architecture | Pascal | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Code name | GP106 | GM204 |
| Launch date | 26 December 2017 | 21 September 2015 |
| Place in performance rating | 303 | 304 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $395.82 | |
| Price now | $605.06 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 20.91 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1709 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1506 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 4,375 gflops | 4,358 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 2048 |
| Texture fill rate | 136.7 GTexel / s | 144 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 100-200 Watt |
| Transistor count | 4,400 million | 5,200 million |
| CUDA cores | 2048 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
| G-SYNC support | ||
| HDCP | ||
| HDMI | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
| Multi monitor support | ||
| VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Length | 250 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Laptop size | large | |
| SLI options | 1 | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 5 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.2 GB / s | 224 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 160 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz | 7.0 GB/s |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| 3D Vision | ||
| Adaptive Vertical Sync | ||
| BatteryBoost | ||
| CUDA | ||
| GameStream | ||
| GameWorks | ||
| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
| SLI | ||
| Surround | ||
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