In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 and the ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, 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 970 is 3.8 % faster than the ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and has 1664 texture shaders and 13 execution units.
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which has 1152 shaders and 9 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Memory Size
4 GB
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
2.002 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
8.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
192 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
192 bit
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB can access 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Base Clock
1.088 GHz
1.506 GHz
Boost Clock
1.228 GHz
1.708 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 clocks in the base with up to 1.088 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 1.506 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
TDP
145 W
120 W
Tjunction max
98 °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 970 is 145 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 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 970
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 70 mm
1 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 has a total of 1 Radial fans.
The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
2x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.2
2x DP 1.4
DVI
2
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 970.
The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
No
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 970
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Length
264 mm
183 mm
Height
121 mm
121 mm
Width
37 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Turbo GeForce GTX 970 is 264 mm long, 121 mm high and 37 mm wide.
The ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 183 mm long, 121 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 Phoenix GeForce GTX 1060 3GB +11.0 %
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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