GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X vs RTX 2080 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	112	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	17.97	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	TU104B	GP104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	29 January 2019 (5 years ago)	18 October 2018 (6 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	2944	1280
Core clock speed	1380 MHz	1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	1590 MHz	1709 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	292.6	136.7
Floating-point processing power	9.362 TFLOPS	4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	48
TMUs	184	80
Tensor Cores	368	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	46	no data

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	250 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-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	GDDR6	GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1001 MHz
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	192.2 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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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

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no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	7.5	6.1

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 January 2019	18 October 2018
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	120 Watt

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