GeForce GTX 980 Ti Vs 1060 3 GB [in 1 Benchmark] - Technical City

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	178	272
Place by popularity	not in top-100	25
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	12.40	19.81
Power efficiency	10.07	14.68
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GM200	GP106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	2 June 2015 (10 years ago)	18 August 2016 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

GTX 1060 3 GB has 60% better value for money than GTX 980 Ti.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2816	1152
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	1075 MHz	1708 MHz
Number of transistors	8,000 million	4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	189.4	123.0
Floating-point processing power	6.06 TFLOPS	3.935 TFLOPS
ROPs	96	48
TMUs	176	72
L1 Cache	1 MB	432 KB
L2 Cache	3 MB	1536 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	250 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth	336.5 GB/s	192.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
G-SYNC support	+	-
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	+	-
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	-
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.8	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.4	+
CUDA	+	6.1