NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2169.7x more texture fill rate: 296.6 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 6144 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 26295 vs 14345
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 26295 vs 14345

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 5 January 2018
Texture fill rate	296.6 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	6144 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 120 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	26295 vs 14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	26295 vs 14345

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

Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1545 MHz
4.6x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

26295

14345

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

26295

14345

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	371.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3552.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	31.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	190.723
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1422.602
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	26295	14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	9367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8604
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	26295	14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	9367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8604

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Pascal
Code name	GA104	GP106
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	5 January 2018
Place in performance rating	93	72
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1110 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	296.6 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	18.98 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	18.98 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6144	1280
Pixel fill rate	148.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	296.6 GTexel/s	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		4,375 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		250 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready