MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 352 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G has the GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G is based on the graphics chip GP106-300-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
2560 Shader 1152
64 Render Output Units 48
160 Texture Units 72
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G clocks at 1.376 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 11.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5
1.376 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
11.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
352 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.531 GHz
1.771 GHz Boost Clock 1.771 GHz
1.76 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.75 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

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

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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 2x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light 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
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

277 mm Length 169 mm
140 mm Height 131 mm
42 mm Width 37 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1100 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING+ 8G has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3G came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no GV-N1060IXOC-3GD
Q2/2016 Release date Q3/2016
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 199 $ (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)

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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