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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 1080
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 1060

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General information GeForce GTX 1080 GeForce GTX 1060
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory 8192 MB 0 % 5120 MB 37.5 %
Core Clock 1607 MHz 0 % 1556 MHz 3.2 %
Boost Clock 1961 MHz 0 % 1873 MHz 4.5 %
Effective Clock 11200 MHz 0 % 9126 MHz 18.5 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 12
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.6
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 W 0 % 120 W 33.3 %
Length 330 mm 0 % 303 mm 8.2 %
Cooling Fans 4 0 % 3 25 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
Frame Sync G-Sync G-Sync
Performance GeForce GTX 1080 GeForce GTX 1060
Overall Score 63343 0 % 49511 21.8 %
Future Proof 46 % 23.3 % 60 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 40123 0 % 24513 38.9 %
2D Benchmark Score 891 0 % 622.3 30.2 %
Average DirectX performance 120.8 FPS 0 % 72.8 FPS 39.7 %
DirectX 9 performance 212.5 FPS 0 % 149.3 FPS 29.7 %
DirectX 10 performance 95.6 FPS 0 % 47.3 FPS 50.5 %
DirectX 11 performance 121.8 FPS 0 % 61.9 FPS 49.2 %
DirectX 12 performance 53.2 FPS 0 % 32.8 FPS 38.4 %
Graphic card computing 7751.2 operations/s 0 % 4168.4 operations/s 46.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTX 1080, GeForce GTX 1060.

Average frames per second GeForce GTX 1080 GeForce GTX 1060
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 150.3 FPS 112.4 FPS
High settings 270.6 FPS 202.3 FPS
Medium settings 324.7 FPS 242.7 FPS
Low settings 454.5 FPS 339.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.2 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for GeForce GTX 1080, GeForce GTX 1060.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTX 1080 GeForce GTX 1060
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.9 FPS 83.0 FPS
High settings 192.5 FPS 149.5 FPS
Medium settings 231.0 FPS 179.4 FPS
Low settings 323.4 FPS 251.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.3 %
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