Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB
vs
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB has 1152 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 3.94 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G has 1152 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.81 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.17 TFLOPS.

GPU

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 9 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 9 execution units.
Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB GPU MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
GP106-300-A1 GPU Chip GP106-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
9 Streaming Multiprocessors 9
1152 Shader 1152
48 Render Output Units 48
72 Texture Units 72
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB is equipped with a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G has a 3 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.027GHz.

3 GB Memory Size 3 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR5
2.002 GHz Memory Clock 2.027 GHz
8.0 Gbps Memory Speed 8.1 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 194 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB has a turbo clock of 1.708 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G is 1.809 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 6 %.

1.506 GHz Base Clock 1.506 GHz
1.708 GHz Boost Clock 1.809 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 6 %
Avg (Game) Clock 1.78 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB 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 MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 94 °C.

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

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G 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 v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4
1 DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED MSI Mystic Light

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
No VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB is 39 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G is 39 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

252 mm Length 277 mm
112 mm Height 140 mm
39 mm Width 39 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1017 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 16 nanometer process, Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB was released in Q3/2016.

The MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G published in Q3/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers.

NE51060015F9-1061D Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2016
199 $ (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)

Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
28 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
3 GB GDDR5
30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
45 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
3 GB GDDR5
48 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 3GB
3 GB GDDR5
65 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 3G
3 GB GDDR5
69 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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