GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile vs GTX 1060 6 GB GP104

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated53
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data30.76
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104GA103S
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date8 March 2018 (6 years ago)25 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores12807424
Core clock speed1506 MHz810 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1260 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate136.6292.3
Floating-point processing power4.372 TFLOPS18.71 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs80232
Tensor Coresno data232
Ray Tracing Coresno data58

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB16 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s512.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 March 2018 25 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 115 Watt

RTX 3080 Ti Mobile has an age advantage of 3 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 4.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104
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