GeForce GTX 1080 vs 1060

Released May, 2016

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

1.6 GHz
8 GB GDDR5

Front view of GeForce GTX 1080

8.6 Out of 10

Performance (overclocking, power)100%Quality (build, design, cooling)95%General Features (display outputs, etc)95%Bundle, Packaging & Software95%Value for Money95% Overall TweakTown Rating96% The Bottom Line: It's simple: ZOTAC has the fastest GeForce GTX 1080 on the market right now with its GeForce GTX 1080 AMP!

by www.tweaktown.com (Jul, 2016)

VS

Released July, 2016

MSI GeForce GTX 1060

1.5 GHz
6 GB GDDR5

Front view of GeForce GTX 1060

7.6 Out of 10

Can it keep the GPU cool enough to run at reasonable temperatures and to allow the GPU to work at the expected clock speeds?

by Ryan-Shrout (Aug, 2016)

	Gaming

GeForce GTX 1080 9.8 GeForce GTX 1060 n.d. GeForce GTX 970 7.6
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more

	Graphics

GeForce GTX 1080 6.8 GeForce GTX 1060 5.4 GeForce GTX 970 8.6
T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more

	Computing

GeForce GTX 1080 10.0 GeForce GTX 1060 8.6 GeForce GTX 970 7.0
Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more

	Performance per Watt

GeForce GTX 1080 9.9 GeForce GTX 1060 8.6 GeForce GTX 970 9.1
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

	Value

GeForce GTX 1080 5.1 GeForce GTX 1060 n.d. GeForce GTX 970 5.2
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

	Noise and Power

GeForce GTX 1080 8.6 GeForce GTX 1060 9.1 GeForce GTX 970 8.8
TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more

8.6	Overall Score

GeForce GTX 1080 8.6 GeForce GTX 1060 7.6 GeForce GTX 970 7.7

Winner
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

GPUBoss recommends the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 based on its benchmarks and compute performance.

See full details

Thanks for adding your opinion. Follow us on Facebook to stay up to date with the latest news!

VS

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

GPUBoss Winner

MSI GeForce GTX 1060

Join the discussion

Front view of GeForce GTX 1080

Reasons to consider the
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

Report a correction

Better PassMark score

11,994

vs

8,686

Around 40% better PassMark score

Significantly better floating-point performance

8,228 GFLOPS

vs

3,953 GFLOPS

More than 2x better floating-point performance

Significantly higher texture rate

257.1 GTexel/s

vs

123.5 GTexel/s

More than 2x higher texture rate

More memory

8,192 MB

vs

6,144 MB

Around 35% more memory

Higher effective memory clock speed

10,008 MHz

vs

8,008 MHz

Around 25% higher effective memory clock speed

Higher pixel rate

102.8 GPixel/s

vs

74.1 GPixel/s

Around 40% higher pixel rate

Higher memory bandwidth

224.4 GB/s

vs

192.2 GB/s

More than 15% higher memory bandwidth

Significantly more shading units

2,560

vs

1,280

Twice as many shading units

Significantly more texture mapping units

160

vs

80

Twice as many texture mapping units

More render output processors

64

vs

48

16 more render output processors

Significantly better PassMark direct compute score

8,107

vs

5,049

More than 60% better PassMark direct compute score

Better bitcoin mining score

680.6 mHash/s

vs

580.23 mHash/s

More than 15% better bitcoin mining score

Front view of GeForce GTX 1060

Reasons to consider the
MSI GeForce GTX 1060

Report a correction

Significantly higher memory clock speed

2,002 MHz

vs

1,251 MHz

More than 60% higher memory clock speed

Lower TDP

120W

vs

180W

Around 35% lower TDP

Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 1080

680.6 mHash/s

GeForce GTX 1060

580.23 mHash/s

Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 1080

239.64 mPixels/s

GeForce GTX 1060

158.5 mPixels/s

Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 1080

2,734.82 frames/s

GeForce GTX 1060

1,766.73 frames/s

Particle simulation Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 1080

1,582.72 mInteraction/s

GeForce GTX 1060

1,198.64 mInteraction/s

T-Rex (Compubench 1.5) Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 1080

13.3 frames/s

GeForce GTX 1060

8.8 frames/s

Video composition Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 1080

153.93 frames/s

GeForce GTX 1060

113.45 frames/s

T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 1080

3,349.27

GeForce GTX 1060

3,351.74

Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 1080

3,708.5

GeForce GTX 1060

3,710.8

Desktops

Looking for a desktop?

79 desktops with the GeForce GTX 1080, starting from $999
53 desktops with the GeForce GTX 1060, starting from $843

Follow us

Compare

Popular Comparisons

VS

1080 vs 1080 Ti

VS

1060 vs 1050 Ti

Comments

comments powered by Disqus