The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 8 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
Memory Size
2 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5X
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.251 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
10.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
320 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
256 bit
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 is equipped with a 2 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.
The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 has a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.251GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
Base Clock
1.127 GHz
1.607 GHz
Boost Clock
1.178 GHz
1.771 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
1.73 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 has a turbo clock of 1.178 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is 1.771 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
TDP
120 W
180 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.
The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 75 mm
3 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 are cooled with a Air cooling.
The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
2x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
2x DP 1.4
DVI
1
1
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
ASUS Aura Sync
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
No
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
Length
215 mm
298 mm
Height
121 mm
134 mm
Width
41 mm
40 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 is 41 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is 41 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
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 1080 +236.8 %
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.
FP32 (TFLOPS) ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 +275.9 %
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