GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps and the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G, 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.

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, which has 1280 shaders and 10 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
1280 Shader 1280
48 Render Output Units 48
80 Texture Units 80
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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G can access 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 199 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.079 GHz Memory Clock 2.079 GHz
8.3 Gbps Memory Speed 8.3 Gbps
199 GB/s Memory bandwidth 199 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 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 8 %. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G is 1.620 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 8 %.

1.620 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 8 % Base Clock 1.620 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 8 %
1.873 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 10 % Boost Clock 1.873 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 10 %
1.85 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.85 GHz
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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G 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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

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

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

281 mm Length 281 mm
137 mm Height 137 mm
59 mm Width 59 mm
3 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 Xtreme Edition 6G 9Gbps was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

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

GV-N1060AORUS X-6GD Part-no GV-N1060XTREME-6GD
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2016
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (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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