NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104
GPU · Specs Compare
Graphics Card
Release Date
May 2016
Dec 2016
Generation
GeForce 10
GeForce 10
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Clock Speeds
Base Clock
1607 MHz
1506 MHz
Boost Clock
1733 MHz
1708 MHz
Memory Clock
1251 MHz
2002 MHz
Memory
Memory Size
8GB
3GB
Memory Type
GDDR5X
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256bit
192bit
Bandwidth
320.3GB/s
192.2GB/s
Render Config
SM Count
20
9
Shading Units
2560
1152
TMUs
160
72
ROPs
64
48
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SM)
48 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
2 MB
1536 KB
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Rate
110.9 GPixel/s
81.98 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
277.3 GTexel/s
123.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
138.6 GFLOPS
61.49 GFLOPS
FP32 (float)
8.873 TFLOPS
3.935 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
277.3 GFLOPS
123.0 GFLOPS
Graphics Processor
GPU Name
GP104
GP104
GPU Variant
GP104-400-A1
GP104-140-KA-A1
Architecture
Pascal
Pascal
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
16 nm
16 nm
Transistors
7.2 billion
7.2 billion
Die Size
314 mm²
314 mm²
Board Design
TDP
180W
120W
Suggested PSU
450 W
300 W
Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin
Graphics Features
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
CUDA
6.1
6.1
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Benchmark
3DMark Time Spy
7,565
3,863
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
3,446
1,771
Battlefield 5 1080p
128
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
32
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
62
—
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
99
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Battlefield 5 2160p
52
—
Battlefield 5 1440p
97
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GTA 5 2160p
56
—
GTA 5 1440p
74
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GTA 5 1080p
154
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.