MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO
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MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO and the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which has 1152 shaders and 9 execution units.
MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GP102-350-K1-A1 GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
3584 Shader 1152
88 Render Output Units 48
224 Texture Units 72
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO has 11 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 484 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC can access 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

11 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5
1.388 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
11.1 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
484 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
352 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO clocks in the base with up to 1.480 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC is 1.544 GHz.

1.480 GHz Base Clock 1.544 GHz
1.620 GHz Boost Clock 1.759 GHz
1.61 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO is 250 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
1 x 90 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 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 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC 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 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
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO is 325 mm long, 140 mm high and 48 mm wide.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC is 188 mm long, 116 mm high and 40 mm wide.

325 mm Length 188 mm
140 mm Height 116 mm
48 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1484 g Weight 484 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO was released in Q1/2017 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC was introduced in Q3/2016 at a price of 199 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q1/2017 Release date Q3/2016
699 $ (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

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 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO
11 GB GDDR5X
57 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC
3 GB GDDR5
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO
11 GB GDDR5X
106 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC
3 GB GDDR5
46 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GAMING TRIO
11 GB GDDR5X
149 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OC
3 GB GDDR5
67 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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