GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB
vs
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB has 1152 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.76 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.06 TFLOPS.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB has 8960 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.71 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 30.64 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 9 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 70 execution units.
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB GPU Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip GA102
Pascal Architecture Ampere
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 70
1152 Shader 8960
48 Render Output Units 112
72 Texture Units 280
0 Raytracing Cores 70

Memory

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB is equipped with a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB has a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.188GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6X
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 912 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB has a turbo clock of 1.759 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB is 1.710 GHz.

1.544 GHz Base Clock 1.260 GHz
1.759 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB is equipped with a 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

120 W TDP 350 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
1x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
2 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

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

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

268 mm Length 304 mm
139 mm Height 136 mm
42 mm Width 60 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB was released in Q3/2016.

The Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

60NNH7DVM6O3 Part-no NED3080019KB-1020G
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2022
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 8 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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
60 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
70 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
104 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
76 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
126 fps (avg)

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)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
29 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
107 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
46 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
185 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
67 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GameRock 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
200 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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