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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6 GB GDDR5 · 1.08 GHz · 250 W Speed index 5/100

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 2816 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.08 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.06 TFLOPS.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 6 GB GDDR5 · 1.71 GHz · 120 W Speed index 4/100

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 has 1280 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.71 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.38 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 38 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Speed index
5/100
4/100
FP32
6.06 TFLOPS
4.38 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.08 GHz
1.71 GHz
Memory Size
6 GB GDDR5
6 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
337 GB/s
192 GB/s
TDP
250 W
120 W
Launch Price
649 $
249 $
MonkeyBench 2026.3
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124 pts

Technical details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
GPU ChipGM200-310-A1GP106-400-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors2210
Shader28161280
Render Output Units9648
Texture Units17680
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 10 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Memory Size6 GB6 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Memory Clock1.753 GHz2.002 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth337 GB/s192 GB/s
Memory Interface384 bit192 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

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

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Base Clock1.002 GHz1.506 GHz
Boost Clock1.076 GHz1.708 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti has a turbo clock of 1.076 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is 1.708 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
TDP250 W120 W
Tjunction max91 °C94 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 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 91 °C.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 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.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Fan-TypeRadialRadial
Fan 11 x 65 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.4
DVI11
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeNo
VP9NoDecode
AV1NoNo
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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.

Dimensions

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
Length267 mm250 mm
Height111 mm111 mm
Width40 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ2/2015Q3/2016
Launch Price649 $249 $
Structure size28 nm16 nm
Documents--data sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti was released in Q2/2015.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti +30.7 %

  1. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti6 GB GDDR5
    2,401
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR56 GB GDDR5
    1,837

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti6 GB GDDR5
    no data
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR56 GB GDDR5
    814
View all 3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing) benchmark results

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)

  1. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti6 GB GDDR5
    no data
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR56 GB GDDR5
    30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti6 GB GDDR5
    no data
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR56 GB GDDR5
    54 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti6 GB GDDR5
    no data
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR56 GB GDDR5
    73 fps (avg)
View all Battlefield 5 benchmark results

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti +13.0 %

  1. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti6 GB GDDR5
    37,964
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR56 GB GDDR5
    33,605

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti +43.8 %

  1. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti6 GB GDDR5
    49,314
  2. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR56 GB GDDR5
    34,284
View all Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal) benchmark results

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