NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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 (Laptop)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
- Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1708 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 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
- 1144x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
| Launch date | 15 August 2016 vs 21 September 2015 |
| Boost clock speed | 1708 MHz vs 1216 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt vs 100-200 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 6 GB vs 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
- Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 133.6 GTexel / s
- Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
- Around 2% better floating-point performance: 4,358 gflops vs 4,275 gflops
- Around 11% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4053 vs 3667
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 144 billion / sec vs 133.6 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1280 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,358 gflops vs 4,275 gflops |
| Benchmarks | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4053 vs 3667 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) |
|---|---|---|
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 8161 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 444 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 29491 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 111.55 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1371.266 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 8.49 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 19.803 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 509.222 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 12645 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3654 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 12645 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3654 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3667 | 4053 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
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| Architecture | Pascal | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Code name | GP106B | GM204 |
| Launch date | 15 August 2016 | 21 September 2015 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $237.11 | $395.82 |
| Place in performance rating | 401 | 562 |
| Price now | $229.99 | $605.06 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 49.49 | 20.91 |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1708 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1506 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | 1280 | 2048 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,275 gflops | 4,358 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 94 °C | |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 2048 |
| Texture fill rate | 133.6 GTexel / s | 144 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 100-200 Watt |
| Transistor count | 4,400 million | 5,200 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI | Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 |
| G-SYNC support | ||
| HDCP | ||
| Multi monitor support | ||
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
| HDMI | ||
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
| VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | PCI Express 3.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Laptop size | large | large |
| SLI options | 1 | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Vulkan | ||
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 192 GB / s | 224 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz | 7.0 GB/s |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| 3D Vision | ||
| Ansel | ||
| CUDA | ||
| DSR | ||
| GameStream | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| Multi Monitor | ||
| Multi-Projection | ||
| ShadowWorks | ||
| Surround | ||
| Virtual Reality | ||
| VR Ready | ||
| Adaptive Vertical Sync | ||
| BatteryBoost | ||
| GameWorks | ||
| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
| SLI | ||
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