GeForce RTX 2080 and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 2080
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
Turing TU104
GP104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2018
October 2018
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1710 MHz
1709 MHz
Core clock speed
1515 MHz
1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
13,600 million
7,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2944
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
215 Watt
120 Watt
Texture fill rate
314.6
136.7
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
7.5
6.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.4
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2.131
VR Ready
+
-