In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 and the Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 is 103 % faster than the Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB.
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB
The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, which has 1280 shaders and 10 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB
Memory Size
8 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5X
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.251 GHz
2.002 GHz
Memory Speed
10.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
192 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
192 bit
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.
The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB
Base Clock
1.607 GHz
1.506 GHz
Boost Clock
1.733 GHz
1.708 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB is 1.506 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB
TDP
180 W
120 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 70 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 has a total of 1 Radial fans.
The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
2x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4
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 Turbo GeForce GTX 1080.
The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
Decode
Decode
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 Turbo GeForce GTX 1080
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB
Length
267 mm
252 mm
Height
111 mm
112 mm
Width
38 mm
39 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.
The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6GB is 252 mm long, 112 mm high and 39 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 Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 +80.7 %
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 Turbo GeForce GTX 1080 +102.5 %
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