EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 GAMING
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 GAMING and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 GAMING is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, which has 1280 shaders and 10 execution units.
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 GAMING GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
2560 Shader 1280
64 Render Output Units 48
160 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 GAMING has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 GAMING clocks in the base with up to 1.721 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G is 1.569 GHz.

1.721 GHz Base Clock 1.569 GHz
1.860 GHz Boost Clock 1.809 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 GAMING is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

180 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 GAMING has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 GAMING.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 GAMING supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 GAMING is 267 mm long, 129 mm high and -- wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G is 297 mm long, 114 mm high and 40 mm wide.

267 mm Length 297 mm
129 mm Height 114 mm
-- Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 GAMING was released in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

08G-P4-6686-KR Part-no GV-N1060G1 ROCK-6GD
Q2/2016 Release date Q3/2016
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 16 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 GAMING EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 GAMING
8 GB GDDR5X
114 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 G1 ROCK 6G
6 GB GDDR5
77 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

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.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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)

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