ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB vs MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC

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ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB launched Q3/2016, which is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB architecture. It will come with 6 GB of high-bandwidth GDDR5 memory.The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB features 1280 shader, 48 render output units, has a boost clock of 1.746 GHz+ 2 % and equipped with a power draw of 120 W. The GPU supports up to 4 monitors with resolutions of 7680x4320. In addition, if you are looking for Air cooling cooler & Axial fan-type, it would be your best choice.

MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC

MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC launched Q3/2019, which is based on AMD Radeon RX 590 architecture. It will come with 8 GB of high-bandwidth GDDR5 memory.The MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC features 2304 shader, 32 render output units, has a boost clock of 1.565 GHz+ 1 % and equipped with a power draw of 220 W Deviation vs GPU group -2 %. The GPU supports up to 4 monitors with resolutions of 7680x4320. In addition, if you are looking for Air cooling cooler & Axial fan-type, it would be your best choice.

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

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ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

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	GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB	Based on	AMD Radeon RX 590
GP106-410-A1	GPU Chip	Polaris 30
10	Execution units	36
1280	Shader	2304
48	Render Output Units	32
80	Texture Units	144
	Memory
6 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR5
2.002 GHz	Memory Speed	2 GHz
192 GB/s	Memory Bandwith	256 GB/s
192 bit	Memory Interface	256 bit
	Clock Speeds
1.506 GHz	Base Clock	1.469 GHz
1.746 GHz+ 2 %	Boost Clock	1.565 GHz+ 1 %
1.708 GHz	Avg (Game) Clock
Yes	Overclocking	Yes
	Thermal Design
120 W	TDP	220 W-2 %
--	TDP (up)	--
--	Tjunction max	--
1 x 8-Pin	PCIe-Power	2 x 8-Pin
	Cooler & Fans
Axial	Fan-Type	Axial
3 x 90 mm	Fan 1	2 x 100 mm
--	Fan 2	--
Air cooling	Cooler-Type	Air cooling
--	Noise (Idle)	--
--	Noise (Load)	--
	Connectivity
4	Max. Displays	4
2.2	HDCP-Version	2.2
2x HDMI v2.0b	HDMI Ports	2x HDMI v2.0b
2x DP v1.4	DP Ports	2x DP v1.4
1	DVI Ports	1
--	VGA Ports	--
--	USB-C Ports	--
	Featureset
7680x4320	Max. resolution	7680x4320
12_1	DirectX	12
No	Raytracing	No
No	DLSS / FSR	No}
ASUS Aura Sync	LED	No LED lighting
	Supported Video Codecs
Decode / Encode	h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	h265 / HEVC	Decode / Encode
No	AV1	No
No	VP8	Decode
Decode	VP9	Decode
	Dimensions
298 mm	Length	278 mm
134 mm	Height	143 mm
40 mm	Width	40 mm
2 PCIe-Slots	Width (Slots)	2 PCIe-Slots
--	Weight	873 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16	GPU Interface	PCIe 3.0 x 16
	Additional data
ROG-STRIX-GTX1060-6G-GAMING	Part-no	--
Q3/2016	Release date	Q3/2019
--	Release price	--
16 nm	Structure size	14 nm
data sheet	Documents	data sheet
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ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 6GB		MSI Radeon RX 590 Armor 8G OC
120 W	Max TDP	220 W-2 %
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