NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

121
Place in performance rating
73
43.49
Value for money (0-100)
25.96
Pascal
Architecture
Maxwell
GP106
Code name
GM200
Desktop
Type
Desktop
19 July 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
2 June 2015 (6 years ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
$649
$525 (1.8x MSRP)
Price now
$629 (1x MSRP)
28.31
Value for money
27.96
GP106
GPU code name
GM200
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
2816
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
1709 MHz
Boost Clock
1075 MHz
4,400 million
Transistor count
8,000 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
136.7
Texture fill rate
176 billion/sec
4,375 gflops
Floating-point performance
6,060 gflops
no data
CUDA cores
2816
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
1075 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
8,000 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 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
250 mm
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin + 8-pin
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SLI options
+
no data
Recommended system power (PSU)
600 Watt
no data
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
no data
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

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 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
336.5 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
+
G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
no data
HDCP
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
no data
+
Multi Monitor
no data
no data
3D Vision
+
no data
GPU Boost
2.0
6.1
CUDA
+
no data
GeForce Experience
+
no data
Surround
+
+
Multi-Projection
no data
no data
Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
no data
GameStream
+
no data
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
no data
GameWorks
+
+
G-SYNC
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
1.2.131
Vulkan
1.1.126
6.4
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 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 6 GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
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 6 GB

Cheaper ($525 (1.8x MSRP) vs $629 (1x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 250 Watt)

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

16% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2816 vs 1280)

More memory bandwidth (336.5 GB/s vs 192.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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