GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X vs GTX 1080 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking68not rated
Place by popularity49not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation21.78no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGP102GP104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 March 2017 (7 years ago)18 October 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores35841280
Core clock speed1481 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHz1709 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt120 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature91 °Cno data
Texture fill rate354.4136.7
Floating-point processing power11.34 TFLOPS4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs8848
TMUs22480

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm250 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5XGDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount11 GB6 GB
Memory bus width352 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHz1001 MHz
Memory bandwidth484.4 GB/s192.2 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost3.0no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA+6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 March 2017 18 October 2018
Maximum RAM amount 11 GB 6 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 120 Watt

GTX 1080 Ti has a 83.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 108.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X. We've got no test results to judge.


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