MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC
vs
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC and the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and has 1280 texture shaders and 10 execution units.

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, which has 2944 shaders and 46 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC GPU EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip TU104
Pascal Architecture Turing
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
1280 Shader 2944
48 Render Output Units 64
80 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC has 6 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC clocks in the base with up to 1.544 GHz. The base frequency of the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK is 1.515 GHz.

1.544 GHz Base Clock 1.515 GHz
1.759 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK has a TDP of 210 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 210 W
-- TDP (up) 250 W
94 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 34 dB
-- Noise (Load) 43 dB

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 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK 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 v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC is 279 mm long, 140 mm high and 38 mm wide.

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK is 269 mm long, 114 mm high and -- wide.

279 mm Length 269 mm
140 mm Height 114 mm
38 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
737 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC was released in Q3/2016 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK was introduced in Q3/2019 at a price of 729 $.

-- Part-no 08G-P4-2181-KR
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2019
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 729 $
16 nm Structure size 12 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
66 fps (avg)

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)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
31 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
116 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
75 fps (avg)
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 BLACK
8 GB GDDR6
162 fps (avg)

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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