GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8G
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EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC DT GAMING 3GB

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8G has the GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC DT GAMING 3GB is based on the graphics chip GP106-300-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8G clocks at 1.251 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 10.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC DT GAMING 3GB is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

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

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8G is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC DT GAMING 3GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8G.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC DT GAMING 3GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC DT GAMING 3GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC DT GAMING 3GB came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.