NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
VS
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
VS
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

51
Place in performance rating
not rated
48.34
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Pascal
Architecture
Turing
GP104
Code name
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Desktop
Type
no data
6 May 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
7 December 2021 (recently)
$599
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$765 (1.3x MSRP)
Price now
no data
28.74
Value for money
no data
Pascal GP104
GPU code name
TU106
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2560
Pipelines
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1607 MHz
Core clock speed
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1733 MHz
Boost Clock
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7,200 million
Transistor count
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16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
180 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
277.3
Texture fill rate
224.4
8,873 gflops
Floating-point performance
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94 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
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2560
CUDA cores
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2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2176
1733 MHz
Boost clock speed
1650 MHz
7,200 million
Number of transistors
10,800 million
180 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
184 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
229 mm
8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
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SLI options
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500 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
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PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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2-slot
Width
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4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
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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 and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
10 GB/s
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
320 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
336.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB, the size and number of monitors.

DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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G-SYNC support
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+
Multi monitor support
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+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
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+
Multi Monitor
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+
3D Vision
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3.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
7.5
+
Multi-Projection
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+
Ansel
no data
+
Virtual Reality
no data
+
ShadowWorks
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
1.2
6.4
Shader Model
6.6
1.2
OpenCL
3.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB 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 or GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 60 30.2
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
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

69.49% faster in synthetic tests

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 16 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 8 GB)

More memory bandwidth (336.0 GB/s vs 320 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 or GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 versus GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB