GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 Gamer OC 3GB
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition 11G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 Gamer OC 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition 11G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Pascal) and has 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 Gamer OC 3GB has the GP106-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition 11G is based on the graphics chip GP102-350-K1-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 Gamer OC 3GB GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition 11G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip GP102-350-K1-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1152 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 88
72 Texture Units 224
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 Gamer OC 3GB clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition 11G is 11.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.376 GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5X
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.376 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 11.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 484 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 352 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.531 GHz Base Clock 1.480 GHz
1.746 GHz Boost Clock 1.582 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 Gamer OC 3GB is powered by 1 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition 11G 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 280 W.

120 W TDP 280 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 Gamer OC 3GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition 11G has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Radial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 1 x 70 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 Gamer OC 3GB.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition 11G 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 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 Gamer OC 3GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition 11G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
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 Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 Gamer OC 3GB is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition 11G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

195 mm Length 267 mm
130 mm Height 111 mm
42 mm Width 40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 Gamer OC 3GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2016.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition 11G came on the market in Q1/2017 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

60NNH7DHD8GC Part-no GV-N108TD5X-B
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2017
199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 16 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

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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