GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 1080

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1080, which features GPU clock speed of 1607 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5X memory running at 1251 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, 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 1080		553 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1060		311 Sol/s
	Difference: 242 (78%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1080		475 h/s
GeForce GTX 1060		430 h/s
	Difference: 45 (10%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1080		21942 points
GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
	Difference: 9583 (78%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1080 should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 131072 (67%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 should be quite a bit (about 113%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 136640 (113%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is quite a bit (about 42%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1060, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30560 (42%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high 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 number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. 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 is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.