GeForce GTX 1080 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all that to the Geforce GTX 760, which has a clock frequency of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1152 SPUs, 96 TAUs, 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 760		5923 points
	Difference: 16019 (270%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1080		20 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 760		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 7 (54%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (6%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1080 should theoretically perform much faster than the Geforce GTX 760 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 135424 (70%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 will be much (about 173%) better at AF than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 163040 (173%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1080 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 71488 (228%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high 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 amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.