NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
vs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and has 2176 texture shaders and 34 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
TU106 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
34 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2176 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 64
136 Texture Units 160
34 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB clocks in the base with up to 1.470 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 1.607 GHz.

1.470 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.650 GHz Boost Clock 1.733 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB is 185 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

185 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
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
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB is 229 mm long, 113 mm high and -- wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.

229 mm Length 267 mm
113 mm Height 111 mm
-- Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB was released in Q4/2021 at a price of 289 $ (Reference).

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q4/2021 Release date Q2/2016
289 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
27 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
48 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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
45 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
85 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
124 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
106 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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