EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW+ GAMING 3GB vs GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW+ GAMING 3GB and GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
• GPU Chip
  GP106-300-A1 GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1
• Execution units
  9 20
• Shader
  1152 2560
• Render Output Units
  48 64
• Texture Units
  72 160

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  3 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5X
• Memory Speed
  2.002 GHz 1.376 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  192 GB/s 352 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW+ GAMING 3GB and GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.620 GHz+ 8 % 1.759 GHz+ 9 %
• Boost Clock
  1.847 GHz+ 8 % 1.936 GHz+ 12 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.898 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  120 W 180 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  -- --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW+ GAMING 3GB and GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps.

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

Connectivity and connections.

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

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_1 12_1
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  267 mm 293 mm
• Height
  111 mm 142 mm
• Width
  -- 55 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Edition 8G 11Gbps and EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW+ GAMING 3GB.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q2/2016
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  16 nm 16 nm
• Part-no
  03G-P4-6168-KR GV-N1080AORUS X11-8GD
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet