NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is ahead by 9% on our index and meets the recommended card of 15 more games. Below: where each one wins.
Performance index 23 25
Video memory 6 GB 8 GB
Rated power 160 W 180 W
Launch price $349 $599
Index per $100 6.6 4.2
Games at recommended 240 255
Released20192016
FeaturesDLSS · FSR · ray tracingFSR
At 1440p in the heaviest games
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 22123
- Fortnite2426
- Palworld2426
Modelled FPS, high preset, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Left: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060; right: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080.
Games only the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 runs at recommended
- Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- New World: Aeternum
- Conan Exiles Enhanced
- Space Engineers
- R.E.P.O.
- Resident Evil 4
- ELDEN RING
And 7 more.
Quick answers
Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080?
No — the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 scores 25 on our index to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060's 23, a 9% gap.
Which one runs more games at the recommended spec?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 meets the recommended graphics card of 240 of 274 games; the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, 255.