GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 EXOC 6GB
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XFX Radeon RX 580 GTR-S Black Edition 8GB Crimson

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 XFX Radeon RX 580 GTR-S Black Edition 8GB Crimson is based on the AMD Radeon RX 580 (36 CU) (GCN 4) and has 8 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 256 GB/s.

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

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTR-S Black Edition 8GB Crimson is based on the graphics chip Polaris 20 XT, which comes from the GCN 4 architecture.

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 XFX Radeon RX 580 GTR-S Black Edition 8GB Crimson is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

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

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 XFX Radeon RX 580 GTR-S Black Edition 8GB Crimson 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 185 W.

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

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTR-S Black Edition 8GB Crimson has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTR-S Black Edition 8GB Crimson supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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 XFX Radeon RX 580 GTR-S Black Edition 8GB Crimson is 7680x4320 pixels.

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.

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 XFX Radeon RX 580 GTR-S Black Edition 8GB Crimson needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

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

The XFX Radeon RX 580 GTR-S Black Edition 8GB Crimson came on the market in Q2/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.