GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB has 1280 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.73 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.44 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.77 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 9.06 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 10 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
1280 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 64
80 Texture Units 160
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC has a 8 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.251GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5X
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.251 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 10.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB has a turbo clock of 1.733 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC is 1.771 GHz.

1.518 GHz Base Clock 1.632 GHz
1.733 GHz Boost Clock 1.771 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

120 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

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 No
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB is 42 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC is 42 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

228 mm Length 269 mm
124 mm Height 111 mm
42 mm Width 35 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 840 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB was released in Q3/2016.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC published in Q2/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

60NRH7DSL9OC Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2016
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (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

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 OC 6GB GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5X
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
55 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5X
77 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB
6 GB GDDR5
74 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8G OC
8 GB GDDR5X
108 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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