NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.3x more pipelines: 2944 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 16 nm
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 19139 vs 14345
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 19139 vs 14345

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 January 2019 vs 5 January 2018
Pipelines	2944 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 16 nm
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	19139 vs 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	19139 vs 14345

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

2x more core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt

Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19139

14345

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19139

14345

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	13147
PassMark - G2D Mark	536
Geekbench - OpenCL	81953
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	297.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3676.805
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	22.75
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	162.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1116.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	19139	14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8905
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8060
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	19139	14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8905
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8060
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7990

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Pascal
Code name	TU104B	GP106
Launch date	29 January 2019	5 January 2018
Place in performance rating	142	72
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1095 MHz	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	2944	1280
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	13,600 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		4,375 gflops
Texture fill rate		136.7 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		250 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		6 GB
Memory bandwidth		192.2 GB / s