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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 
vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1216 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
- Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 165 Watt
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
- 1144x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
- Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35369 vs 34898
- Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 119.148 vs 110.006
- Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1373.562 vs 1348.307
- Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12442 vs 9566
- Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12442 vs 9566
- Around 91% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 907 vs 474
| Specifications (specs) |
| Launch date | 19 July 2016 vs 19 September 2014 |
| Boost clock speed | 1709 MHz vs 1216 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt vs 165 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 6 GB vs 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s |
| Benchmarks |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 35369 vs 34898 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 119.148 vs 110.006 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1373.562 vs 1348.307 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 12442 vs 9566 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3691 vs 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3340 vs 3335 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 12442 vs 9566 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3691 vs 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3340 vs 3335 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 907 vs 474 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 136.7 GTexel / s
- Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
- Around 14% better floating-point performance: 4,981 gflops vs 4,375 gflops
- Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11112 vs 10079
- Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 791 vs 747
- Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.194 vs 8.694
- Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 37.443 vs 21.766
- Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 477.015 vs 454.799
| Specifications (specs) |
| Texture fill rate | 144 billion / sec vs 136.7 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1280 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,981 gflops vs 4,375 gflops |
| Benchmarks |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 11112 vs 10079 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 791 vs 747 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 9.194 vs 8.694 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 37.443 vs 21.766 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 477.015 vs 454.799 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
| PassMark - G3D Mark | | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | | |
| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 10079 | 11112 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 747 | 791 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 35369 | 34898 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 119.148 | 110.006 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1373.562 | 1348.307 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 8.694 | 9.194 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 21.766 | 37.443 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 454.799 | 477.015 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 12442 | 9566 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3691 | 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3340 | 3335 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 12442 | 9566 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3691 | 3690 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3340 | 3335 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 907 | 474 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
Essentials |
| Architecture | Pascal | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Code name | GP106 | GM204 |
| Launch date | 19 July 2016 | 19 September 2014 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | $549 |
| Place in performance rating | 356 | 379 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Price now | $605.06 |
| Value for money (0-100) | 21.18 |
Technical info |
| Boost clock speed | 1709 MHz | 1216 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1506 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 4,375 gflops | 4,981 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 2048 |
| Texture fill rate | 136.7 GTexel / s | 144 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 165 Watt |
| Transistor count | 4,400 million | 5,200 million |
| CUDA cores | 2048 |
Video outputs and ports |
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 |
| G-SYNC support |
| HDCP |
| HDMI |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 |
| Multi monitor support |
| VGA аnalog display support | 1 |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 250 mm | 10.5" (26.7 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 6-pins |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 500 Watt |
| SLI options | 1 |
API support |
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 |
Memory |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.2 GB / s | 224 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz | 7.0 GB/s |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 |
Technologies |
| 3D Vision |
| Adaptive Vertical Sync |
| BatteryBoost |
| CUDA |
| GameStream |
| GameWorks |
| GeForce Experience |
| GeForce ShadowPlay |
| GPU Boost |
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder |
| Optimus |
| SLI |
| Surround |
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