In the gpu comparison between the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING and the ZOTAC 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 EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING is 54 % faster than the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMINGZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and has 2816 texture shaders and 22 execution units.
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which has 1152 shaders and 9 execution units.
Memory
Memory
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Memory Size
6 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
337 GB/s
192 GB/s
Memory Interface
384 bit
192 bit
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 337 GB/s.
The ZOTAC 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
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Base Clock
1.000 GHz
1.506 GHz
Boost Clock
1.076 GHz
1.708 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING clocks in the base with up to 1.000 GHz. The base frequency of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 1.506 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
TDP
250 W
120 W
Tjunction max
91 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The ZOTAC 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
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
1 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
--
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING has a total of 1 Radial fans.
The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
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 EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING.
The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING
ZOTAC 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 EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING
ZOTAC 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
EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Length
267 mm
174 mm
Height
111 mm
111 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.
The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 174 mm long, 111 mm high and -- 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 EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING +42.2 %
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) EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GAMING +53.8 %
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