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Best Bench: 89% Asus(1043 8565) ≥ 4GB
Worst Bench: 69% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 69%
Great: 89%
SPEED RANK: 65th / 688
1,387,999 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 61% HP(103C 8439) ≥ 4GB
Worst Bench: 53% PNY(196E 119F)
Poor: 53%
Great: 61%
SPEED RANK: 94th / 688
| Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed |
79. |
Much faster effective speed. +40% |
57 % |
| Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) |
99.2 fps | Much better lighting effects. +41% |
70.6 fps | |||
| Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) |
118 fps | Much better reflection handling. +50% |
78.9 fps | |||
| MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) |
98.6 fps | Much faster multi rendering. +47% |
67.1 fps | |||
| Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) |
98. 6 fps |
Much faster NBody calculation. +38% |
71.2 fps |
| Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) |
113 fps | Much better peak lighting effects. +48% |
76.6 fps | |||
| Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) |
158 fps | Much better peak reflection handling. +41% |
112 fps | |||
| MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere) |
106 fps | Much faster peak multi rendering. +50% |
70.9 fps | |||
| Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy) |
108 fps | Much faster peak NBody calculation. +42% |
75.9 fps |
| CSGO Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max |
196 Fps | Better CSGO Fps. +23% |
160 Fps | |||
| Fortnite Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max |
121 Fps | Better Fortnite Fps. +20% |
101 Fps | |||
| PUBG Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max |
81 Fps | Better PUBG Fps. +18% |
68 Fps | |||
| GTAV Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max |
80 Fps | Better GTAV Fps. +29% |
62 Fps | |||
| LoL Avg.  Fps @ 1080p on Max
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215 Fps | Better LoL Fps. +21% |
178 Fps | |||
| Overwatch Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max |
115 Fps | Better Overwatch Fps. +13% |
101 Fps | |||
| BF1 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max |
98 Fps | Much Better BF1 Fps. +40% |
70 Fps | |||
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max |
82 Fps | Much Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps. +47% |
56 Fps | |||
| Minecraft Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max |
244 Fps | Better Minecraft Fps. +13% |
215 Fps | |||
| DOTA 2 Avg.  Fps @ 1080p on Max
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153 Fps | Better DOTA 2 Fps. +16% |
131 Fps | |||
| WoW Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max |
91 Fps | Better WoW Fps. +19% |
77 Fps | |||
| WoT Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max |
121 Fps | Better WoT Fps. +15% |
105 Fps |
Market Share
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| Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days) |
0.17 % | 2.34 % | Insanely higher market share. +1,276% |
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| Value Value For Money |
33. 8 % |
234 % | Hugely better value. +592% |
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| User Rating UBM User Rating |
66 % | 88 % | Much more popular. +33% |
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| Price Price (score) |
$560 | $58 | Hugely cheaper. +90% |
| Age Newest |
89 Months | 75 Months | More recent. +16% |
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| Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) |
112 fps | Much better peak texture detail. +48% |
75.8 fps | |||
| Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) |
97. 9 fps |
Much faster peak complex splatting. +36% |
71.8 fps | |||
| Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) |
101 fps | Much better texture detail. +48% |
68.4 fps | |||
| Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) |
88.2 fps | Much faster complex splatting. +33% |
66.4 fps |
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The new GTX 980 Ti shares the same board as the more expensive Titan-X but with various restrictions including a reduced number of CUDA cores (3072 to 2816, -8.
3%). Although the 980 Ti has the same 384-bit memory bandwidth as the Titan-X it only has 6GB of GDDR5 vs. 12GB in the Titan-X. So far we only have one user benchmark from a pre-release unit of the GTX 980 Ti so the following benchmarks are provisional. Comparing the Titan-X and 980 Ti shows that the Ti only lags by around 8%, which is in line with the CUDA core counts on the two cards. On the other hand comparing the GTX 980 and GTX 980 Ti shows that the Ti is around 16% faster. We don’t have reliable prices for the GTX 980 Ti yet so a precise value rating isn’t possible but as a card aimed at resolutions greater than 1080p it will struggle to match the GTX 970 for the vast majority of users. [May ’15 GPUPro]
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The GTX 1060 is Nvidia’s third 16 nm Pascal based GPU. It follows last month’s release of the higher end GTX 1070 and 1080. The 1060 has a TDP of 120 Watts and its aftermarket variants are available right away alongside the reference Founders edition.
Comparing the GTX 1060 and 970 shows that although the 1060 leads by 12% it is also currently more expensive. Nvidia rushed the release of the GTX 1060 to help retain market share that may otherwise have gone to AMD’s new Polaris based RX 480. Comparing the RX 480 and GTX 1060 shows that for pre DX12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 12%. Due to better hardware compatibility, the RX 480 is able to match the 1060 in DX12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for DX12 (likely to take several years). The 1060 has the potential to become a hugely successful card provided prices settle appropriately. [Jul ’16 GPUPro]
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Why is Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 better than Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti?
- 506MHz faster GPU clock speed?
1506MHzvs1000MHz - 130W lower TDP?
120Wvs250W - 249MHz faster memory clock speed?
2002MHzvs1753MHz - 996MHz higher effective memory clock speed?
8008MHzvs7012MHz - Supports ray tracing?
- 632MHz faster GPU turbo speed?
1708MHzvs1076MHz - 9°C lower load GPU temperature?
74°Cvs83°C - 12nm smaller semiconductor size?
16nmvs28nm
Why is Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti better than Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060?
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78 TFLOPS higher floating-point performance?
5.63 TFLOPSvs3.85 TFLOPS - 23.7 GPixel/s higher pixel rate?
96 GPixel/svs72.3 GPixel/s - 55.5 GTexels/s higher texture rate?
176 GTexels/svs120.5 GTexels/s - 144.3GB/s more memory bandwidth?
336.5GB/svs192.2GB/s - 192bit wider memory bus width?
384bitvs192bit - 1536 more shading units?
2816vs1280 - 3600million more transistors?
8000 millionvs4400 million - 96 more texture mapping units (TMUs)?
176vs80
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Overall Rating
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
5 User reviews
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
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4/10
5 User reviews
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0 User reviews
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
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0 User reviews
Features
Value for money
8.4/10
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Gaming
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Performance
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Quiet operation
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Performance
1.GPU clock speed
1506MHz
1000MHz
The graphics processing unit (GPU) has a higher clock speed.
2.GPU turbo
1708MHz
1076MHz
When the GPU is running below its limitations, it can boost to a higher clock speed in order to give increased performance.
3.pixel rate
72.
3 GPixel/s
96 GPixel/s
The number of pixels that can be rendered to the screen every second.
4.floating-point performance
3.85 TFLOPS
5.63 TFLOPS
Floating-point performance is a measurement of the raw processing power of the GPU.
5.texture rate
120.5 GTexels/s
176 GTexels/s
The number of textured pixels that can be rendered to the screen every second.
6.GPU memory speed
2002MHz
1753MHz
The memory clock speed is one aspect that determines the memory bandwidth.
7.shading units
Shading units (or stream processors) are small processors within the graphics card that are responsible for processing different aspects of the image.
8.texture mapping units (TMUs)
TMUs take textures and map them to the geometry of a 3D scene. More TMUs will typically mean that texture information is processed faster.
9.render output units (ROPs)
The ROPs are responsible for some of the final steps of the rendering process, writing the final pixel data to memory and carrying out other tasks such as anti-aliasing to improve the look of graphics.
Memory
1.effective memory speed
8008MHz
7012MHz
The effective memory clock speed is calculated from the size and data rate of the memory. Higher clock speeds can give increased performance in games and other apps.
2.maximum memory bandwidth
192.2GB/s
336.5GB/s
This is the maximum rate that data can be read from or stored into memory.
3.VRAM
VRAM (video RAM) is the dedicated memory of a graphics card. More VRAM generally allows you to run games at higher settings, especially for things like texture resolution.
4.memory bus width
192bit
384bit
A wider bus width means that it can carry more data per cycle.
It is an important factor of memory performance, and therefore the general performance of the graphics card.
5.version of GDDR memory
Newer versions of GDDR memory offer improvements such as higher transfer rates that give increased performance.
6.Supports ECC memory
✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Error-correcting code memory can detect and correct data corruption. It is used when is it essential to avoid corruption, such as scientific computing or when running a server.
Features
1.DirectX version
DirectX is used in games, with newer versions supporting better graphics.
2.OpenGL version
OpenGL is used in games, with newer versions supporting better graphics.
3.OpenCL version
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Some apps use OpenCL to apply the power of the graphics processing unit (GPU) for non-graphical computing.
Newer versions introduce more functionality and better performance.
4.Supports multi-display technology
✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
The graphics card supports multi-display technology. This allows you to configure multiple monitors in order to create a more immersive gaming experience, such as having a wider field of view.
5.load GPU temperature
A lower load temperature means that the card produces less heat and its cooling system performs better.
6.supports ray tracing
✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Ray tracing is an advanced light rendering technique that provides more realistic lighting, shadows, and reflections in games.
7.Supports 3D
✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Allows you to view in 3D (if you have a 3D display and glasses).
8.supports DLSS
✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) is an upscaling technology powered by AI. It allows the graphics card to render games at a lower resolution and upscale them to a higher resolution with near-native visual quality and increased performance. DLSS is only available on select games.
9.PassMark (G3D) result
This benchmark measures the graphics performance of a video card. Source: PassMark.
Ports
1.has an HDMI output
✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Devices with a HDMI or mini HDMI port can transfer high definition video and audio to a display.
2.HDMI ports
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More HDMI ports mean that you can simultaneously connect numerous devices, such as video game consoles and set-top boxes.