Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium
vs
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 Advanced edition 6GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 Advanced edition 6GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (Pascal) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

GPU

The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium has the GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 Advanced edition 6GB is based on the graphics chip GP106-400-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.
Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 Advanced edition 6GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GP106-400-A1
Pascal Architecture Pascal
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 10
2560 Shader 1280
64 Render Output Units 48
160 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The graphics memory of the Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium clocks at 1.313 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 10.5 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 Advanced edition 6GB is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR5
1.313 GHz Memory Clock 2.002 GHz
10.5 Gbps Memory Speed 8.0 Gbps
336 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.

1.746 GHz Base Clock 1.518 GHz
1.885 GHz Boost Clock 1.759 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.73 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium 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 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 Advanced edition 6GB has 1 x 8-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 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 Advanced edition 6GB has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 Advanced edition 6GB 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 2x 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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 Advanced edition 6GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_1
No Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED ASUS Aura Sync

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 Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 Advanced edition 6GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

285 mm Length 298 mm
133 mm Height 134 mm
58 mm Width 40 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

The Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 Advanced edition 6GB came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.

NEB1080H15P2-1040G Part-no ROG-STRIX-GTX1060-A6G-GAMING
Q2/2016 Release date Q3/2016
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (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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