GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce WB 8G
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 6G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce WB 8G 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 AERO ITX 6G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce WB 8G has the TU104 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Turing architecture.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 6G is based on the graphics chip GP106-400-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce WB 8G GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 6G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
TU104 GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
48 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
3072 Shader 1280
64 Render Output Units 48
192 Texture Units 80
48 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce WB 8G clocks at 1.938 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.5 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 6G is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 6 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
1.860 GHz Boost Clock 1.708 GHz
1.82 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce WB 8G is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 6G has 1 x 6-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
280 W TDP (up) --
89 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce WB 8G is equipped with a total of 0 -- main fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 6G has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

-- Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce WB 8G.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 6G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.2
3x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce WB 8G 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 AERO ITX 6G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion LED No LED lighting

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 GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce WB 8G 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 AERO ITX 6G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

291 mm Length 175 mm
159 mm Height 115 mm
29 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 472 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Waterforce WB 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 12 nanometers since Q3/2019.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 AERO ITX 6G came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N208SAORUS WB-8GC Part-no --
Q3/2019 Release date Q3/2016
949 $ Launch Price 249 $ (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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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