GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 950

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 950, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1024 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1652 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 768 SPUs, 48 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060		311 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 950		155 Sol/s
	Difference: 156 (101%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
GeForce GTX 950		6536 points
	Difference: 5823 (89%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 950 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 90880 (86%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is a lot (about 145%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 950. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 71328 (145%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is superior to the GeForce GTX 950, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 39520 (121%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across 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 the card has DDR type memory, it must 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 anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one 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 - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.