GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 980
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
GM204
GP106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2014
April 2017
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
1x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1216 MHz
1709 MHz
Core clock speed
1064 MHz
1506 MHz
CUDA cores
2048
-
Floating-point performance
4,981 gflops
4,375 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
4,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
165 Watt
120 Watt
Texture fill rate
144 billion/sec
136.7
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
9028 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
216.7 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
6.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.2.131
BatteryBoost
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-