GeForce GTX 980 Ti and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GM200
N17P-G1 Max-Q
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
June 2015
May 2017
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
600 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin + 8-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1075 MHz
1341 - 1480 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
1063 - 1265 MHz
CUDA cores
2816
-
Floating-point performance
6,060 gflops
3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
8,000 million
4,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
60 - 70 Watt
Texture fill rate
176 billion/sec
118.4
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
6.144 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
336.5 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
No outputs
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
G-SYNC support
+
+
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12.0
CUDA
+
6.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
5.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
+
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
VR Ready
-
+