MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC
vs
Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC and the Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock, 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.

Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, which has 3584 shaders and 28 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC GPU Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip GP102-350-K1-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
1280 Shader 3584
48 Render Output Units 88
80 Texture Units 224
0 Raytracing Cores 0

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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock can access 11 GB GDDR5X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

6 GB Memory Size 11 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5X
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.376 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 11.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 484 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 352 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock is 1.493 GHz.

1.544 GHz Base Clock 1.493 GHz
1.759 GHz Boost Clock 1.632 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.62 GHz
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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock has a TDP of 300 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

120 W TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

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

The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock has 4 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 4 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock 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 v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The maximum resolution of the Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock is 285 mm long, 133 mm high and 58 mm wide.

279 mm Length 285 mm
140 mm Height 133 mm
38 mm Width 58 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock was introduced in Q1/2017 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no NEB108TT15LC-1020J
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2017
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
16 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)

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)
Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock
11 GB GDDR5X
58 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
56 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock
11 GB GDDR5X
107 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OC
6 GB GDDR5
75 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GameRock
11 GB GDDR5X
151 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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