GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB vs GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	347	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	13.19	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GP106	TU102
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	27 June 2017 (7 years ago)	12 October 2022 (2 years ago)

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	1280	4608
Core clock speed	1063 MHz	1350 MHz
Boost clock speed	1480 MHz	1635 MHz
Number of transistors	4,400 million	18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	118.4	470.9
Floating-point processing power	3.789 TFLOPS	15.07 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	96
TMUs	80	288
Tensor Cores	no data	576
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	72

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB/s	768.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	-	+
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

+

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	6.1	7.5

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 June 2017	12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	250 Watt

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