GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB vs GTX 1080 11Gbps

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated99
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data15.41
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP104TU106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 April 2017 (7 years ago)7 December 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

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 cores25602176
Core clock speed1607 MHz1470 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt184 Watt
Texture fill rate277.3224.4
Floating-point processing power8.873 TFLOPS7.181 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs160136
Tensor Coresno data272
Ray Tracing Coresno data34

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth352.3 GB/s336.0 GB/s

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 DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2017 7 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 184 Watt

GTX 1080 11Gbps has 2.2% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
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