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    GeForce RTX 2080 vs GeForce GTX 1060

    GeForce RTX 2080
    Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
    Release date: 20 Aug 2018
    GeForce RTX 2080
    GeForce GTX 1060
    Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 10 Jul 2016
    GeForce GTX 1060

    Summary

    Gaming performance index

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      227%
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2080

    127% higher gaming performance.
    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
    Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
    Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060

    80 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 2080 .
    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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce RTX 2080

    HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 2080

    The GeForce RTX 2080 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (54 combinations of games and resolutions).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce RTX 2080GeForce GTX 1060
    GPU NameTU104 (TU104-400A-A1)vsGP106 (GP106-400-A1)
    Fab Process12 nmvs16 nm
    Die Size0 mm²vs200 mm²
    Transistorsunknownvs4,400 million
    Shaders2944vs1280
    Compute Units23vs10
    Core clock1515 MHzvs1506 MHz
    ROPs64vs48
    TMUs184vs80

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce RTX 2080GeForce GTX 1060
    Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
    Bus Width256 bitvs192 bit
    Memory Speed1750 MHz
    14000 MHz effective    		vs2002 MHz
    8008 MHz effective
    Memory Size8192 Mbvs6144 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce RTX 2080GeForce GTX 1060
    TDP200 wattsvs120 watts
    Release Date20 Aug 2018vs10 Jul 2016

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      106.90 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      72.30 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      307.30 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      120.50 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      448.00 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      192.20 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      9833.00 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      3855.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Game benchmarks

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      126
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      66

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 3

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      88
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      43

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2020

    Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      166
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      73

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2021

    Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      183
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      75

    FPS (higher is better)

    Death Stranding

    Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      157
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      75

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      108
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      42

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry New Dawn

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      124
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      69

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 5

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      114
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      58

    FPS (higher is better)

    Ghost Recon - Wildlands

    Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      114
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      59

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      176
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      90

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro Exodus

    Ultra detail, 16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      79
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      26

    FPS (higher is better)

    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      46
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      25

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle-Earth Shadow of War

    Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      132
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      59

    FPS (higher is better)

    Red Dead Redemption II

    UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      77
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      32

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 3

    Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      156
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      74

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 7

    Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      163
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      84

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      121
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      52

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      154
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      59

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      106
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      42

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 3

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      69
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      34

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2020

    Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      127
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      55

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2021

    Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      124
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      57

    FPS (higher is better)

    Death Stranding

    Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      117
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      59

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      79
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      31

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry New Dawn

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      109
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      49

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 5

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      83
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      45

    FPS (higher is better)

    Ghost Recon - Wildlands

    Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      89
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      42

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      141
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      63

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro Exodus

    Ultra detail, 16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      62
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      26

    FPS (higher is better)

    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      42
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      19

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle-Earth Shadow of War

    Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      99
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      39

    FPS (higher is better)

    Red Dead Redemption II

    UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      61
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      28

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 3

    Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      112
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      49

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 7

    Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      106
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      53

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      84
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      34

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      111
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      46

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield V

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      64
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      24

    FPS (higher is better)

    Borderlands 3

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      36
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      16

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2020

    Ultra High Quality, TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      73
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      31

    FPS (higher is better)

    Codemasters Formula 1 2021

    Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      70
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      34

    FPS (higher is better)

    Death Stranding

    Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      62
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      27

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry 6

    Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      47
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      19

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry New Dawn

    Ultra Quality, DirectX 11,Windows 10x64 build 1809

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      63
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      26

    FPS (higher is better)

    Gears of War 5

    Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      44
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      22

    FPS (higher is better)

    Ghost Recon - Wildlands

    Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      55
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      24

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      81
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      32

    FPS (higher is better)

    Metro Exodus

    Ultra detail, 16:1 AF, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      39
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      16

    FPS (higher is better)

    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)

    Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      28
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      10

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle-Earth Shadow of War

    Ultra Quality, HR Textures, DirectX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      58
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      22

    FPS (higher is better)

    Red Dead Redemption II

    UltraTX Max Quality, Vulkan, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      39
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      16

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 3

    Max Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      55
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      25

    FPS (higher is better)

    Resident Evil 7

    Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      52
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      26

    FPS (higher is better)

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      46
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      17

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

    • GeForce RTX 2080
      61
    • GeForce GTX 1060
      27

    FPS (higher is better)

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