GeForce GTX 1080 vs 1060

	Gaming

GeForce GTX 1080 9.8 GeForce GTX 1060 n.d. GeForce GTX 970 7.5
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more

	Graphics

GeForce GTX 1080 6.8 GeForce GTX 1060 5.4 GeForce GTX 970 6.5
T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more

	Computing

GeForce GTX 1080 9.9 GeForce GTX 1060 8.0 GeForce GTX 970 7.2
Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more

	Performance per Watt

GeForce GTX 1080 9.2 GeForce GTX 1060 7.8 GeForce GTX 970 7.9
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

	Value

GeForce GTX 1080 7.0 GeForce GTX 1060 n.d. GeForce GTX 970 9.4
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 8.9
TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more

8.7	Overall Score

GeForce GTX 1080 8.7 GeForce GTX 1060 7.1 GeForce GTX 970 7.7

Winner
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

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

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Reasons to consider the
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

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Significantly better PassMark score

11,994

8,686

Around 40% better PassMark score

Much better floating-point performance

8,228 GFLOPS

3,953 GFLOPS

More than 2x better floating-point performance

Significantly higher effective memory clock speed

10,008 MHz

8,008 MHz

Around 25% higher effective memory clock speed

Much higher texture rate

257.1 GTexel/s

123.5 GTexel/s

More than 2x higher texture rate

More memory

8,192 MB

6,144 MB

Around 35% more memory

Higher pixel rate

102.8 GPixel/s

74.1 GPixel/s

Around 40% higher pixel rate

Higher memory bandwidth

224.4 GB/s

192.2 GB/s

More than 15% higher memory bandwidth

Significantly more shading units

2,560

1,280

Twice as many shading units

Significantly more texture mapping units

160

Twice as many texture mapping units

Much better PassMark direct compute score

8,106

5,049

More than 60% better PassMark direct compute score

More render output processors

16 more render output processors

Better face detection score

143.9 mPixels/s

119.24 mPixels/s

More than 20% better face detection score

Wider memory bus

256 bit

192 bit

Around 35% wider memory bus

Reasons to consider the
MSI GeForce GTX 1060

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Much higher memory clock speed

2,002 MHz

1,251 MHz

More than 60% higher memory clock speed

Lower TDP

120W

180W

Around 35% lower TDP

Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 1080

755 mHash/s

GeForce GTX 1060

576.4 mHash/s

Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 1080

143.9 mPixels/s

GeForce GTX 1060

119.24 mPixels/s

Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 1080

2,733.78 frames/s

GeForce GTX 1060

1,766.73 frames/s

Particle simulation Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 1080

1,558.04 mInteraction/s

GeForce GTX 1060

1,196.96 mInteraction/s

T-Rex (Compubench 1.5) Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 1080

13.78 frames/s

GeForce GTX 1060

8.68 frames/s

Video composition Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 1080

156.25 frames/s

GeForce GTX 1060

21.91 frames/s

T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 1080

3,360.14

GeForce GTX 1060

3,358.86

Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 1080

3,718.86

GeForce GTX 1060

3,717.62

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Sam Parr (03:12 PM, May 10, 2018)

Regardless, the 1060 isn't going to be 7 times faster than the 1080.

CallOfGunstar (08:24 PM, December 25, 2017)

Memory clock can make a big difference in certain loads and Manhattan may require faster access to the memory than other games or tests.

Housecraft Gaming (10:35 AM, December 25, 2017)

Manhattan score... As if the 1060 would be 7 times bbetter as the 1080^^

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