The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G has 1280 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.81 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.64 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G is 182 % faster than the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G.
GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16GMSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
The GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G is equipped with a graphics chip of the GCN 5.1 architecture, which has 60 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 10 execution units.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
Memory Size
16 GB
6 GB
Memory Type
HBM2
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.000 GHz
2.027 GHz
Memory Speed
2.0 Gbps
8.1 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
1,024 GB/s
194 GB/s
Memory Interface
4,096 bit
192 bit
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The GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G is equipped with a 16 GB large HBM2 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.000 GHz clocks.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.027GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
Base Clock
1.400 GHz
1.506 GHz
Boost Clock
1.750 GHz
1.809 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
1.78 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G has a turbo clock of 1.750 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G is 1.809 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
TDP
300 W
120 W
Tjunction max
99 °C
94 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 99 °C.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 75 mm
2 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
32 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
52 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G are cooled with a Air cooling.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4
DVI
--
1
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The GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_1
Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
Non addressable LED
MSI Mystic Light
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The GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
AV1
No
No
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
Length
267 mm
277 mm
Height
121 mm
140 mm
Width
40 mm
39 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
--
1,017 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
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 GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G +130.1 %
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.
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) GIGABYTE Radeon VII HBM2 16G +181.7 %
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