GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
Summary
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | | GeForce GTX 980 Mobile | |
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GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-300-A1) | vs | GM204 () |
Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 200 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
Transistors | 4,400 million | vs | 5,200 million |
Shaders | 1152 | vs | 2048 |
Compute Units | 9 | vs | 16 |
Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 1064 MHz |
ROPs | 48 | vs | 64 |
TMUs | 72 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | | GeForce GTX 980 Mobile | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB | | GeForce GTX 980 Mobile | |
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TDP | 120 watts | vs | 0 watts |
Release Date | 18 Aug 2016 | vs | 21 Sep 2015 |
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
72.30 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
68.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
108.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
136.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
192.20 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
3470.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
4358.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
16380
GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
13830
Points (higher is better)