GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GTX 570

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 570, which features core speeds of 732 MHz on the GPU, and 950 MHz on the 1280 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 480 SPUs as well as 60 Texture Address Units and 40 Rasterization Operator 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 570		4387 points
	Difference: 17555 (400%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1080		20 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 570		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 7 (54%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 39 Watts (22%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1080 will be 116% quicker than the GeForce GTX 570 overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 175680 (116%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 should be a lot (about 485%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 213200 (485%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 will be a lot (more or less 251%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 570, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 73568 (251%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.