GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 1070

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1070, which features a clock speed of 1506 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 16 nm design. It is comprised of 1920 SPUs, 120 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1070		436 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1060		311 Sol/s
	Difference: 125 (40%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1070		475 h/s
GeForce GTX 1060		430 h/s
	Difference: 45 (10%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1070		18174 points
GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
	Difference: 5815 (47%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1070 should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 65536 (33%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be quite a bit (about 50%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 60240 (50%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24096 (33%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be 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 graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.