MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G PLUS
vs
GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G PLUS has 1920 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.83 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 7.03 TFLOPS.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X has 1280 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.73 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.44 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G PLUS is equipped with a graphics chip of the Turing architecture, which has 30 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 10 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G PLUS GPU GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (GDDR5X)
TU106 GPU Chip GP104-150-KA-A1
Turing Architecture Pascal
30 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
1920 Shader 1280
48 Render Output Units 48
120 Texture Units 80
30 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G PLUS is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X has a 6 GB large GDDR5X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.001GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5X
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.001 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G PLUS has a turbo clock of 1.830 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X is 1.733 GHz.

1.365 GHz Base Clock 1.518 GHz
1.830 GHz Boost Clock 1.733 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G PLUS has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 88 °C.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

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

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G PLUS are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G PLUS supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G PLUS supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

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

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G PLUS is 56 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X is 56 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

297 mm Length 228 mm
143 mm Height 132 mm
56 mm Width 42 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1429 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 12 nanometer process, MSI GeForce RTX 2060 GAMING Z 6G PLUS was released in Q1/2019.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB GDDR5X published in Q3/2018 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

-- Part-no 60NRJ7DSV8OC
Q1/2019 Release date Q3/2018
349 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
12 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)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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