INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti iCHILL HerculeZ X3 Ultra
vs
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW+ GAMING 3GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti iCHILL HerculeZ X3 Ultra is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 346 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW+ 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.

GPU

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti iCHILL HerculeZ X3 Ultra has the GM200-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW+ GAMING 3GB is based on the graphics chip GP106-300-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti iCHILL HerculeZ X3 Ultra GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW+ GAMING 3GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture Pascal
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
2816 Shader 1152
96 Render Output Units 48
176 Texture Units 72
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti iCHILL HerculeZ X3 Ultra clocks at 1.800 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.2 Gbps.

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

6 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
1.800 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
7.2 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
346 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.152 GHz Base Clock 1.632 GHz
1.241 GHz Boost Clock 1.860 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti iCHILL HerculeZ X3 Ultra is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW+ 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.

250 W TDP 120 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 94 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti iCHILL HerculeZ X3 Ultra is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

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

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti iCHILL HerculeZ X3 Ultra.

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

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

Featureset

With the INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti iCHILL HerculeZ X3 Ultra it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

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

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti iCHILL HerculeZ X3 Ultra is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

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

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

Additional data

The INNO3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti iCHILL HerculeZ X3 Ultra has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q2/2015.

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

C98T3-1SDN-N5HNX Part-no 03G-P4-6367-KR
Q2/2015 Release date Q3/2016
649 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 16 nm
-- 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

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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