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    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    Memory: 3072Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 18 Aug 2016
    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
    GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
    Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5MOBILE
    Release date: 21 Sep 2015
    GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      118%
    • GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Around 18% higher average synthetic performance.
    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

    The GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBGeForce GTX 980 Mobile
    GPU NameGP106 (GP106-300-A1)vsGM204 ()
    Fab Process16 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size200 mm²vs398 mm²
    Transistors4,400 millionvs5,200 million
    Shaders1152vs2048
    Compute Units9vs16
    Core clock1506 MHzvs1064 MHz
    ROPs48vs64
    TMUs72vs128

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBGeForce GTX 980 Mobile
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
    Memory Speed2002 MHz
    8008 MHz effective    		vs1753 MHz
    7012 MHz effective
    Memory Size3072 Mbvs8192 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBGeForce GTX 980 Mobile
    TDP120 wattsvs0 watts
    Release Date18 Aug 2016vs21 Sep 2015

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      72.30 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
      68.10 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      108.40 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
      136.20 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      192.20 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
      224.40 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      3470.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
      4358.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
      16380
    • GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
      13830

    Points (higher is better)

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