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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 1506 MHz
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 75% higher memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 25500 vs 14345
Around 78% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 25500 vs 14345

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 September 2018 vs 5 January 2018
Core clock speed	1515 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz vs 1709 MHz
Pipelines	2944 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 16 nm
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 8008 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25500 vs 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25500 vs 14345

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

Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 215 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 215 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25500

14345

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25500

14345

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	18812
PassMark - G2D Mark	911
Geekbench - OpenCL	102535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	326.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3938.377
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	31.684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	159.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1506.874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	25500	14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6293
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	25500	14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	6966
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6293
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	10965

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Pascal
Code name	TU104	GP106
Launch date	20 September 2018	5 January 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$299
Place in performance rating	98	72
Price now	$749.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	32.34
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1515 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	2944	1280
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	215 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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		6 GB
Memory bandwidth		192.2 GB / s