NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
vs
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 has 1280 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.38 TFLOPS.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC has 2816 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.30 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 7.34 TFLOPS.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 10 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 22 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 GPU GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
GP106-400-A1 GPU Chip GM200-310-A1
Pascal Architecture Maxwell 2.0
10 Streaming Multiprocessors 22
1280 Shader 2816
48 Render Output Units 96
80 Texture Units 176
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC has a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 337 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC is 1.304 GHz.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.203 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.304 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 has 1 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC is equipped with a 3 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 91 °C.

120 W TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
94 °C Tjunction max 91 °C
1 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 3 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC is cooled by a Air cooling.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC 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 v2.0
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.2
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

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 No
No AV1 No
No VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 No

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of -- in the case.

The width of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC is -- and thus requires the space of -- in the PC case.

250 mm Length --
111 mm Height --
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 was released in Q3/2016.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti HOF GOC published in Q1/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2016
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 649 $ (Reference)
16 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet Documents --

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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)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
6 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
6 GB GDDR5
54 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5
6 GB GDDR5
73 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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