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GeForce RTX 2060 vs GTX 1080

GeForce RTX 2060
VS
GeForce GTX 1080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
TU106
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
GP104

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB with 30 pipelines and 1920 shaders against the 2 years and 8 months older GTX 1080 8 GB that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
6 GB GDDR6
VS
8 GB GDDR5X
33.6
(Mediocre)
Value Index
20.7
(Mediocre)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1080 over RTX 2060
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 2060
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 12 nm process technology
  • Ray-tracing support with 30 dedicated RT cores
  • Supports Nvidia DLSS 2 technology
  • Achieves 23% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (78K vs 63K)
  • Features 240 tensor cores for effective deep learning and AI workloads
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1080
  • 37% higher maximum theoretical performance (8.9 vs 6.5 TFLOPS)
  • Includes 2 GB more video memory
  • Has 33% more shading units (2560 vs 1920)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RTX 2060
vs
GTX 1080

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
99
62
49
35
103
60
50
33
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
106
84
60
31
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
160
114
85
38
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
85
75
56
29
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
58
48
32
18
CoD: Modern Warfare III
69
59
44
30
71
62
43
27
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
55
42
31
18
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
56
53
31
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
95
83
57
30
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 86 88
1080p Ultra 69 69
1440p Ultra 50 49
4K Ultra 28 26
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RTX 2060 +1%
7385
GTX 1080
7282
Time Spy 7564 7592
Solar Bay 34157 19994
Port Royal 4133 1676
Fire Strike 19777 22750
Wild Life Extreme 15551 15147
Night Raid 85132 82345
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RTX 2060 +23%
78934
GTX 1080
63994
Background Blur 144.4 img/sec 152.4 img/sec
Face Detection 75.2 img/sec 71.6 img/sec
Horizon Detection 3.08 Gpixels/sec 2.73 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 4.25 Gpixels/sec 4.15 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 4.21 Gpixels/sec 5.03 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.93 Gpixels/sec 0.32 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 354.4 Gpixels/sec 238.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 8559.4 FPS 6716.4 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RTX 2060 +26%
4901
GTX 1080
3895

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RTX 2060
14078
GTX 1080 +11%
15609
G2D Mark 743 889
DirectX 11 112 FPS 125 FPS
DirectX 12 53 FPS 55 FPS
GPU Compute 5427 Ops/s 7627 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 33708 & 42364 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RTX 2060 +168%
1627.8
GTX 1080
606.47
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 2401 & 1005 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 2060
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-15 (MrRayeen)GeekBench82889
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GeForce GTX 1080
No benchmark results yet
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RTX 2060 +33%
12466
GTX 1080
9341
GB6 ML Half Precision
RTX 2060 +138%
21712
GTX 1080
9110
GB6 ML Quantized
RTX 2060 +28%
8757
GTX 1080
6830
Image Classification (SP) 5453 2591
Image Segmentation (HP) 12449 5497
Image Super Resolution (Q) 11020 11914
Face Detection (HP) 24511 9841
Pose Estimation (Q) 47746 53922
Text Classification (SP) 2000 1732
Machine Translation (HP) 3360 2662
Object Detection (SP) 6343 3255
Depth Estimation (Q) 20909 16431
Style Transfer (SP) 101870 112226
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 2060 and GTX 1080

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released January 15, 2019 May 27, 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $349 $599
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Turing Pascal
GPU Codename TU106 GP104
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 5600 XT - Radeon RX 5600 XT
Successor - GeForce RTX 5060 - GeForce RTX 5080
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 9600K or above - Intel Core i7 7700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (68th and 71st place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1365 MHz 1607 MHz
Boost Clock 1680 MHz 1733 MHz
Shading Units 1920 2560
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 120 160
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 64
Compute Units (Pipelines) 30 20
Tensor Cores 240 No
Ray-tracing Cores 30 No
L1 Cache 64KB per cluster 48KB per cluster
L2 Cache 3MB shared 2MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 GPixel/s 111 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTexel/s 277 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RTX 2060
6.5 TFLOPS
GTX 1080 +37%
8.9 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 160 W 180 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 12 nm 16 nm
Die Size 445 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor Count 10 billion 7 billion
Transistor Density 22.47 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR5X
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 1251 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 14000 Mbps 10000 Mbps
Bus 192-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RTX 2060 +5%
336 GB/s
GTX 1080
320.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 7.5 6.1
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 2 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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Total votes: 74

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