GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB
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EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB has the GP106-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) is based on the graphics chip GM200-310-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Pascal Architecture Maxwell 2.0
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
1280 Shader 2816
48 Render Output Units 96
80 Texture Units 176
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 337 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.544 GHz Base Clock 1.000 GHz
1.759 GHz Boost Clock 1.076 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) 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.

120 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) is 4096x2160 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

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.

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

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.

268 mm Length 267 mm
139 mm Height 111 mm
42 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2016.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti VR EDITION GAMING (2x HDMI) came on the market in Q2/2015 and will have a structure width of 28 nanometers manufactured.

60NRH7DVM6EC Part-no 06G-P4-3998-K1
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2015
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 649 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 28 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)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
75 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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