EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB
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XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 4GB

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 4GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) (GCN 4) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 259 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB has the GP106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 4GB is based on the graphics chip Polaris 20 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.

The graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 4GB is 8.1 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.025 GHz.

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

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 4GB has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 185 W.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 4GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 4GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 4GB 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 EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 4GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 3GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2016.

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition 4GB came on the market in Q4/2018 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.