NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

167
Place in performance rating
9
no data
Value for money (0-100)
34.47
Pascal
Architecture
Turing
GP106
Code name
TU102
Desktop
Type
Desktop
26 December 2017 (3 years ago)
Release date
27 August 2018 (3 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$999
$203
Price now
$1265 (1.3x MSRP)
60.74
Value for money
26.10
GP106
GPU code name
Turing TU102
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
4352
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1350 MHz
1709 MHz
Boost Clock
1545 MHz
4,400 million
Transistor count
18,600 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
136.7
Texture fill rate
420.2
4,375 gflops
Floating-point performance
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1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4352
1709 MHz
Boost clock speed
1545 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
18,600 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
250 mm
Length
267 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
5 GB
Maximum RAM amount
11 GB
160 Bit
Memory bus width
352 Bit
8008 MHz
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
160.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
616.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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G-SYNC support
+
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is the additional functionality.

no data
VR Ready
+
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Multi Monitor
+
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CUDA
7.5

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
1.2.131
no data
Shader Model
6.5
no data
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 159 146 133 115 94 54
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 174 173 170 169 133 78.8
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 289 247 240 202 162 100
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 321 243 166 126 101 64.7
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 315 290 266 259 204 113
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Cheaper ($203 vs $1265 (1.3x MSRP))

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 250 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

80.83% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (4352 vs 1280)

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 16 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (11 GB vs 5 GB)

More memory bandwidth (616.0 GB/s vs 160.2 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti