GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps
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EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps and the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and has 1280 texture shaders and 10 execution units.

EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which has 1152 shaders and 9 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
1280 Shader 1152
48 Render Output Units 48
80 Texture Units 72
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 199 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB can access 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.079 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
8.3 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
199 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps clocks in the base with up to 1.620 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB is 1.607 GHz.

1.620 GHz Base Clock 1.607 GHz
1.873 GHz Boost Clock 1.835 GHz
1.85 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 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 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB 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 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps is 281 mm long, 137 mm high and 59 mm wide.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.

281 mm Length 267 mm
137 mm Height 111 mm
59 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC2 GAMING 3GB was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

GV-N1060AORUS X-6GD Part-no 03G-P4-6567-KR
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2016
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (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)

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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