NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

121
Place in performance rating
838
43.49
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Pascal
Architecture
Tesla
GP106
Code name
G92B
Desktop
Type
Desktop
19 July 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
16 January 2009 (12 years ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
$229
$525 (1.8x MSRP)
Price now
$91 (0.4x MSRP)
28.31
Value for money
0.24
GP106
GPU code name
G92B
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1280
Pipelines
128
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
738 MHz
1709 MHz
Boost Clock
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4,400 million
Transistor count
754 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
141 Watt
136.7
Texture fill rate
47.2 billion/sec
4,375 gflops
Floating-point performance
470.0 gflops
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Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
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CUDA cores
128
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
1708 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
4,400 million
Number of transistors
754 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
141 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
250 mm
Length
10.5" (26.7 cm)
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
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SLI options
+
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Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
192.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
70.4 GB/s
-
Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
+
G-SYNC support
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Multi monitor support
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
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+
Multi Monitor
no data
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3D Vision
+
6.1
CUDA
+
+
Multi-Projection
no data
+
G-SYNC
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.6
OpenGL
2.1
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

44.12% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 128)

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 55 nm)

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 141 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (192.2 GB/s vs 70.4 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

Cheaper ($91 (0.4x MSRP) vs $525 (1.8x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 6 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB versus NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

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