NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

31
Place in performance rating
72
19.29
Value for money (0-100)
48.00
Pascal
Architecture
Turing
GP102
Code name
TU106
Desktop
Type
Desktop
28 February 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
6 January 2019 (2 years ago)
$699
Launch price (MSRP)
$349
$780 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$964 (2.8x MSRP)
37.27
Value for money
23.84
GP102
GPU code name
Turing TU106
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

3584
Pipelines
1920
1481 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
1582 MHz
Boost Clock
1680 MHz
11,800 million
Transistor count
10,800 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
250 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
160 Watt
354.4
Texture fill rate
201.6
11,340 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
91 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
3584
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1920
1600 MHz
Boost clock speed
1620 MHz
11,800 million
Number of transistors
10,800 million
250 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
160 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
229 mm
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
+
SLI options
no data
600 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
no data

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 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5X
Memory type
GDDR6
11 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
352 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
11000 MHz
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
484.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
336.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
+
G-SYNC support
+
+
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is the additional functionality.

no data
VR Ready
+
no data
Multi Monitor
+
+
3D Vision
no data
3.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
7.5
+
Ansel
no data
+
Virtual Reality
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.4
Shader Model
6.5
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 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 1080 Ti or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 146 101 86 69 52 30
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 173 118 111 107 76.4 42.3
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 248 213 207 153 118 71.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 288 211 172 120 89 52
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 253 204 137 119 88.6 51.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 309 193 120 82.9 57.1 31.1
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 179 131 67.6
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 281 185 167 162 102 45.9
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 1080 Ti

15.02% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($780 (1.1x MSRP) vs $964 (2.8x MSRP))

More pipelines (3584 vs 1920)

More maximum RAM amount (11 GB vs 6 GB)

More memory bandwidth (484.4 GB/s vs 336.0 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 16 nm)

Less power consumption (160 Watt vs 250 Watt)

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060