Comparing MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 3G vs MSI GeForce GTX 960 4GD5T OC

gpu MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING VR X 3G item

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
• GPU Chip
  GP106-300-A1 GM206-300-A1 (Maxwell 2.0)
• Execution units
  9 8
• Shader
  1152 1024
• Render Output Units
  48 32
• Texture Units
  72 64

• Memory Size
  3 GB 4 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  2.027 GHz 7.01 Gbps
• Memory Bandwith
  194 GB/s 112 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 128 bit

• Base Clock
  1.506 GHz 1.178 GHz+ 5 %
• Boost Clock
  1.809 GHz+ 6 % 1.241 GHz+ 5 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.784 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
  2 x 100 mm 2 x 100 mm
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 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
  MSI Mystic Light No LED lighting

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

• Length
  277 mm 273 mm
• Height
  140 mm 130 mm
• Width
  39 mm 37 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  1010 g 593 g

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x 16 PCIe 3 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q3/2015
• Structure size
  16 nm 28 nm
• Part-no
  -- V320-044R
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet