GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G and the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and has 1280 texture shaders and 10 execution units.

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G
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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G can access 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G clocks in the base with up to 1.607 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G is 1.708 GHz.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.708 GHz
1.860 GHz Boost Clock 1.873 GHz
1.84 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.85 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 3 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G is 280 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G is 287 mm long, 140 mm high and 57 mm wide.

280 mm Length 287 mm
111 mm Height 140 mm
38 mm Width 57 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G was introduced in Q2/2016 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

GV-N1060AORUS-6GD Part-no GV-N1080AORUS-8GD
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)

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G
6 GB GDDR5
33 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
43 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G
6 GB GDDR5
59 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
81 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 6G
6 GB GDDR5
80 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 8G
8 GB GDDR5X
115 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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