NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 180 Watt
800.8x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 10 GB/s
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12021 vs 11173
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12021 vs 11173
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5569 vs 3690
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5569 vs 3690
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5034 vs 3343
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5034 vs 3343

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 27 May 2016
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 180 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 10 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12021 vs 11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12021 vs 11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5569 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5569 vs 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5034 vs 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5034 vs 3343

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1404 MHz
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1733 MHz vs 1670 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 277.3 GTexel / s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1280
2.1x better floating-point performance: 8,873 gflops vs 4,275 gflops
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB

Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 1404 MHz
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz vs 1670 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops vs 4,275 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12021

11173

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12021

11173

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5569

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5569

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5034

3343

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5034

3343

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12021	11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12021	11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5569	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5569	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5034	3343
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5034	3343
PassMark - G3D Mark		15560
PassMark - G2D Mark		886
Geekbench - OpenCL		55425
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		819.934
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1557

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Pascal
Code name	GP106	GP104
Launch date	15 August 2016	27 May 2016
Place in performance rating	285	286
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Price now		$439.99
Value for money (0-100)		43.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1670 MHz	1733 MHz
Core clock speed	1404 MHz	1607 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops	8,873 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	1280	2560
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s	277.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	7,200 million
CUDA cores		2560
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		8-pin
Width		2-slot
API support
Vulkan
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	320 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	10 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
3D Vision
Ansel
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready