ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 8G

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 8G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 570 (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has the GP106-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 8G is based on the graphics chip Polaris 20 XL, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.

The graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 8G is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 8G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 200 W.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 8G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2016.

The ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 8G came on the market in Q2/2020 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.