GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
GP104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2020
March 2018
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1710 MHz
1708 MHz
Core clock speed
1450 MHz
1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
7,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8704
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
320 Watt
120 Watt
Texture fill rate
465.1
136.6
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
10 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
320 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
19000 MHz
8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
760.3 GB/s
192.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
8.5
6.1
OpenCL
2.0
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.4
Vulkan
1.2
1.2.131