ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
vs
Gainward GeForce RTX 2080


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and the Gainward GeForce RTX 2080, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and has 1280 texture shaders and 10 execution units.

Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, which has 2944 shaders and 46 execution units.
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GPU Gainward GeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip TU104
Pascal Architecture Turing
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
1280 Shader 2944
48 Render Output Units 64
80 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 is 1.515 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 has a TDP of 215 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 215 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 80 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is 242 mm long, 130 mm high and 43 mm wide.

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 is 292 mm long, 112 mm high and -- wide.

242 mm Length 292 mm
130 mm Height 112 mm
43 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 was introduced in Q3/2018 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

DUAL-GTX1060-6G Part-no 426018336-4207
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2018
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 12 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward GeForce RTX 2080
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward GeForce RTX 2080
8 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward GeForce RTX 2080
8 GB GDDR6
66 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward GeForce RTX 2080
8 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
54 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward GeForce RTX 2080
8 GB GDDR6
116 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
73 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce RTX 2080 Gainward GeForce RTX 2080
8 GB GDDR6
162 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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