GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (Turing) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 496 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER has the TU104 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G is based on the graphics chip GP106-300-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
TU104 GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
48 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
3072 Shader 1152
64 Render Output Units 48
192 Texture Units 72
48 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER clocks at 1.938 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.5 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.938 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
15.5 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
496 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.650 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.815 GHz Boost Clock 1.746 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.73 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

250 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
89 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 75 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G 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 v2.0b
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

283 mm Length 277 mm
139 mm Height 140 mm
41 mm Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1010 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q3/2019.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

28ISL6MD31BS Part-no --
Q3/2019 Release date Q3/2016
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
12 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)

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)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
8 GB GDDR6
42 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
8 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
8 GB GDDR6
72 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 RTX 2080 SUPER GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
8 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G
3 GB GDDR5
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
8 GB GDDR6
121 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G
3 GB GDDR5
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GALAX GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
8 GB GDDR6
166 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR 3G
3 GB GDDR5
66 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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