RTX 3080 vs GTX 1060 3GB
Short answer: which is best?
RTX 3080 is 725.1 % stronger than GTX 1060 3GB. RTX 3080 ranks #17 of 74 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (9,043 GPU score in its best run — best of 2 rigs, 2 verified runs). GTX 1060 3GB ranks #65 of 74 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (1,096 GPU score in its best run — best of 2 rigs, 2 verified runs). Each part is shown at its best run, picked from 4 verified WhatFPS runs — measured, not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | RTX 3080 | GTX 1060 3GB |
|---|---|---|
| GPU score, best run (the card's own performance) | 9,043 | 1,096 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 10,171 | 2,105 |
| Earth II (Vulkan) | 38.2 FPS | 6.5 FPS |
| Mission to Earth II (DX12) | 48.2 FPS | 7.9 FPS |
| Earth II Landing (DX12 Ultimate) | 43 FPS | 7.3 FPS |
| Supernova (DX11) | 109.2 FPS | 53.8 FPS |
| Memory bandwidth | 225 GB/s | 65 GB/s |
| VRAM | 10 GB | 3 GB |
| Ray tracing | Yes | Not supported |
What the numbers mean
The headline score is the part's best measured run, and the measurements under it come from that same run. It shows what the part has been proven to do — not what an average rig gets out of it. The GPU score is the graphics card's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the card in, and depends on processor, memory and storage. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
All measurements for RTX 3080 · All measurements for GTX 1060 3GB