EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA
vs
Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA has 2944 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.82 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 10.69 TFLOPS.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS has 1280 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.85 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.74 TFLOPS.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 46 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 10 execution units.
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA GPU Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
TU104 GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
2944 Shader 1280
64 Render Output Units 48
184 Texture Units 80
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.002GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA has a turbo clock of 1.815 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS is 1.847 GHz.

1.515 GHz Base Clock 1.620 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.847 GHz
1.71 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 88 °C.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

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

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA are cooled with a AIO water cooling.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
35 dB Noise (Idle) dB
45 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

270 mm Length 248 mm
111 mm Height 123 mm
-- Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA was released in Q1/2019.

The Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix GS published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

08G-P4-2187-KR Part-no 426018336-3736
Q1/2019 Release date Q3/2016
799 $ Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
12 nm Structure size 16 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)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA
8 GB GDDR6
49 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC2 ULTRA
8 GB GDDR6
70 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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