Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Benchmarks, Specs, Performance Comparison and Differences
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Comparison of the technical characteristics between the graphics cards, with Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 on one side and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB on the other side. The first is dedicated to the desktop sector, it has 2048 shading units, a maximum frequency of 1,2 GHz, its lithography is 28 nm. The second is used on the desktop segment, it includes 1152 shading units, a maximum frequency of 1,7 GHz, its lithography is 16 nm. The following table also compares the boost clock, the number of shading units (if indicated), of execution units, the amount of cache memory, the maximum memory capacity, the memory bus width, the release date, the number of PCIe lanes, the values obtained in various benchmarks.
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Specification comparison:
| Graphics card | Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB | ||||||
| Market (main) | Desktop | Desktop | ||||||
| Release date | Q3 2014 | Q3 2016 | ||||||
| Model number | GM204-400-A1 | GP106-300-A1 | ||||||
| GPU name | GM204 | GP106 | ||||||
| Architecture | Maxwell 2. 0 |
Pascal | ||||||
| Generation | GeForce 900 | GeForce 10 | ||||||
| Lithography | 28 nm | 16 nm | ||||||
| Transistors | 5.200.000.000 | 4.400.000.000 | ||||||
| Bus interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 | ||||||
| GPU base clock | 1.127 MHz | 1.506 MHz | ||||||
| GPU boost clock | 1.216 MHz | 1.708 MHz | ||||||
| Memory frequency | 1.753 MHz | 2.002 MHz | ||||||
| Effective memory speed | 7 Gbps | 8 Gbps | ||||||
| Memory size | 4 GB | 3 GB | ||||||
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 | ||||||
| Memory bus | 256 Bit | 192 Bit | ||||||
| Memory bandwidth | 224,4 GB/s | 192,2 GB/s | ||||||
| TDP | 165 W | 120 W | ||||||
| Suggested PSU | 500W ATX Power Supply | 400W ATX Power Supply | ||||||
| Multicard technology | 4-way SLI | — | ||||||
| Outputs |
1x DVI |
1x DVI |
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| Maximum GPU Temperature | 98°C | 94°C | ||||||
| Cores (compute units, SM, SMX) | 16 | 9 | ||||||
| Shading units (cuda cores) | 2. 048 |
1.152 | ||||||
| TMUs | 128 | 72 | ||||||
| ROPs | 64 | 48 | ||||||
| Cache memory | 2 MB | 1,5 MB | ||||||
| Pixel fillrate | 77,8 GP/s | 82,0 GP/s | ||||||
| Texture fillrate | 155,6 GT/s | 123,0 GT/s | ||||||
| Performance FP32 (float) | 5,0 TFLOPS | 3,9 TFLOPS | ||||||
| Performance FP64 (double) | 155,6 GFLOPS | 123 GFLOPS | ||||||
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Performance comparison with the benchmarks:
Performance comparison between the two processors, for this we consider the results generated on benchmark software such as Geekbench 4.
| FP32 Performance in GFLOPS | |
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| Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 |
4.984 |
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB |
3.935 |
The difference is 27%.
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average of the performances got with these graphics cards, you may get different results.
Single precision floating point format, also known as FP32, is a computer number format that typically occupies 32 bits in PC memory. This represents a wide dynamic range of numeric values that employs a floating point.
See also:
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 2-way SLINvidia GeForce GTX 980 MobileNvidia GeForce GTX 980 TiNvidia GeForce GTX 980MNvidia GeForce GTX 980MX
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GP104
Equivalence:
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 AMD equivalentNvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB AMD equivalent
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Nvidia Says GeForce GTX 1060 Will Outperform GTX 980, Founders Edition Will Cost $299
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Nvidia announced that its GeForce GTX 1060 will launch later this month. The graphics card will take advantage of a new GPU core codenamed “GP106” that is based on the company’s new Pascal architecture.
Like all Nvidia Pascal GPUs, the GeForce GTX 1060 uses TSMC’s 16 nm FinFET transistor technology, which helps reduce power consumption and improve performance.
The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 contains 1,280 CUDA cores with a reference boost clock speed of 1.7 GHz. Nvidia said that the GPU should be highly overclockable too, as overclocking lab tests performed by the company’s engineers have hit 2 GHz.
The GPU core will have access to a total of 6 GB of GDDR5 clocked at 8 GHz. Nvidia didn’t tell us how wide the bus interface between the CPU and RAM is, but judging by the memory configuration, it’s likely 192-bits wide.
Nvidia claimed that its GeForce GTX 1060 will offer more performance than its outgoing GeForce GTX 980. At the same time, the GPU will consume considerably less power; Nvidia listed its power consumption at 120 W versus the 980’s 165 W TDP.
At first, we thought Nvidia might be talking about VR performance, similar to how it claimed the GeForce GTX 1080 would be seven times faster than the GeForce GTX 980 Ti. This does not appear to be the case, however, as Nvidia also said that the GeForce GTX 1060 will have comparable performance to multiple GeForce GTX 980 Ti GPUs in SLI while running VR content that has been optimized for Pascal.
Although Nvidia’s Founder’s Edition card is a typical full-length GPU, we will likely see more compact models of the GeForce GTX 1060 in the near future. The actual PCB that Nvidia used for the GeForce GTX 1060 is relatively short, so an OEM simply needs to install a smaller cooler to cut several inches off of the card’s overall length.
The default display output configuration on the GeForce GTX 1060 will be three DisplayPort 1.4 ports, one HDMI 2.0a connector and a dual-link DVI port.
Nvidia will ship its Founder’s Edition GeForce GTX 1060 later this month. Custom versions of the GeForce GTX 1060 developed by Nvidia’s board partners will be available on launch day, as well. The company will also release VR FunHouse on that day, as well as Ansel, which will be used in The Witcher 3 and Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst.
We got a look at one of MSI’s upcoming Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 GPUs (pictured above), which uses a dual-fan cooler design.
MSI opted to place a single 8-pin PCI-E power connector on this card to give the GPU extra overclocking headroom.
Nvidia said that it will sell its GeForce GTX 1060 Founder’s Edition for $299, but the GeForce GTX 1060 itself caries an MSRP of $249, so versions from board partners will be around that price. The GeForce GTX 1060 will be available from multiple retailers starting July 19.
Update, 6/7/16, 9:30am PT: Corrected a sentence.
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