Comparing ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 Advanced edition 6GB vs ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 OC

gpu ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060 Advanced edition 6GB item

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
• GPU Chip
  GP106-410-A1 GM206-300-A1 (Maxwell 2.0)
• Execution units
  10 8
• Shader
  1280 1024
• Render Output Units
  48 32
• Texture Units
  80 64

• Memory Size
  6 GB 2 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  2.002 GHz 7.2 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  192 GB/s 115 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 128 bit

• Base Clock
  1.518 GHz+ 1 % 1.253 GHz+ 11 %
• Boost Clock
  1.759 GHz+ 3 % 1.317 GHz+ 12 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.733 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

• TDP
  120 W 120 W
• Tjunction max
  -- 98 \xc2\xb0C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin 1 x 6-Pin

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm 2 x 75 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  -- 0 dB / Silent

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.2 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  2x HDMI v2.0b 1x HDMI v2.0
• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4 3x DP v1.2
• DVI Ports
  1 1

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 4096x2160
• DirectX
  12_1 12_1
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  ASUS Aura Sync No LED lighting

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

• Length
  298 mm 215 mm
• Height
  134 mm 121 mm
• Width
  40 mm 41 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q1/2015
• Structure size
  16 nm 28 nm
• Part-no
  ROG-STRIX-GTX1060-A6G-GAMING STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-2GD5
• Documents
  data sheet --