MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC
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MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (GDDR5X) (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 (GCN 5) and has 8 GB HBM2 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC has the GP104-150-KA-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G is based on the graphics chip Vega 10 XL, which comes from the GCN 5 architecture.

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC clocks at 1.001 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G is 1.6 Gbps and the clock speed is 0.800 GHz.

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

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 210 W.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 6GD5X OC has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q3/2018.

The MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G came on the market in Q3/2017 and will have a structure width of 14 nanometers manufactured.