In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and the ASUS GeForce GTX 980, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS GeForce GTX 980 is 14 % faster than the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB.
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GBASUS GeForce GTX 980
The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and has 1280 texture shaders and 10 execution units.
ASUS GeForce GTX 980 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 980
Memory Size
6 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.002 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
192 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
256 bit
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The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 980
Base Clock
1.506 GHz
1.127 GHz
Boost Clock
1.708 GHz
1.216 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB clocks in the base with up to 1.506 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS GeForce GTX 980 is 1.127 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 980
TDP
120 W
165 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
2 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin connector.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 980
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 980
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1
1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 980
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the ASUS GeForce GTX 980 is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 980
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
No
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 980
Length
242 mm
267 mm
Height
130 mm
111 mm
Width
43 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is 242 mm long, 130 mm high and 43 mm wide.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 980 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Time Spy Extreme Graphics score ASUS GeForce GTX 980 +0.3 %
Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
Geekbench 6 - OpenCL ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 6GB +4.9 %
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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