GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 960, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1127 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1080		21942 points
GeForce GTX 960		7627 points
	Difference: 14315 (188%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1080		553 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 960		154 Sol/s
	Difference: 399 (259%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1080		20 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 960		11 Mh/s
	Difference: 9 (82%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1080 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 960 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 215680 (193%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 will be much (approximately 256%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 184992 (256%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is much (about 185%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 960, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 66784 (185%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.