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 GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has the GP106-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.
The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 is based on the graphics chip GM206-300-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
Memory Size
6 GB
2 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
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
128 bit
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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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
Base Clock
1.506 GHz
1.177 GHz
Boost Clock
1.746 GHz
1.240 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.71 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
TDP
120 W
120 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 90 mm
2 x 75 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
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0 dB
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The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.
The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
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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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB.
The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
ASUS Aura Sync
No LED lighting
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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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960
Length
298 mm
206 mm
Height
134 mm
111 mm
Width
40 mm
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Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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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 ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
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 ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB +81.6 %
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.
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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