GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps vs GeForce GTX 980
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps |
| 45 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 980 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (32 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-410-A1) | vs | GM204 (GM204-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,400 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2257 MHz
9028 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 165 watts |
| Release Date | 20 Apr 2017 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
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