The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 6GB has the GP106-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.
The Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti is based on the graphics chip GM200-310-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Memory Size
6 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.002 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
192 GB/s
337 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
384 bit
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The graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 6GB clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Base Clock
1.506 GHz
1.000 GHz
Boost Clock
1.708 GHz
1.076 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti
TDP
120 W
250 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
91 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.
The Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 250 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Fan-Type
Radial
Radial
Fan 1
1 x 70 mm
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
--
0 dB
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.2
DVI
1
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 6GB.
The Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 6GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
No
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
No
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Length
255 mm
267 mm
Height
125 mm
111 mm
Width
42 mm
38 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
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 Palit GeForce GTX 980 Ti +30.7 %
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.
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