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GeForce GTX 1060 vs Geforce GTX 670
Intro
The GeForce GTX 1060 makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1506 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this particular card. It features 1280 SPUs along with 80 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 670, which has a core clock frequency of 915 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1344 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.
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 1060 |
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12359 points |
| Geforce GTX 670 |
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7351 points |
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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 1060 |
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120 Watts |
| Geforce GTX 670 |
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170 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 will be 2% faster than the Geforce GTX 670 overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)
| GeForce GTX 1060 |
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196608 MB/sec |
| Geforce GTX 670 |
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192000 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX 1060 will be a little bit (approximately 18%) more effective at texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 670. (explain)| GeForce GTX 1060 |
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120480 Mtexels/sec |
| Geforce GTX 670 |
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102480 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The GeForce GTX 1060 is a lot (about 147%) more effective at AA than the Geforce GTX 670, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)| GeForce GTX 1060 |
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72288 Mpixels/sec |
| Geforce GTX 670 |
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29280 Mpixels/sec |
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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
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 1060 | Geforce GTX 670 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | July 2016 | May 2012 |
| Code Name | GP106-400 | GK104 |
| Memory | 6144 MB | 2048 MB |
| Core Speed | 1506 MHz | 915 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 8000 MHz | 6000 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 120 watts | 170 watts |
| Bandwidth | 196608 MB/sec | 192000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 120480 Mtexels/sec | 102480 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 72288 Mpixels/sec | 29280 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 1280 | 1344 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 80 | 112 |
| Render Output Units | 48 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 4400 million | 3540 million |
| Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 12.0 | DirectX 11.0 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.5 | OpenGL 4.2 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at 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 chip could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.
GeForce GTX 1060Amazon.com
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Geforce GTX 670Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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Comments
One Response to “GeForce GTX 1060 vs Geforce GTX 670”Is it worth getting a GTX-1060 ,over my GTX-670 SLI.I game at 1920 x 1080. I think they would be close on most games ,I liked to go to one card. I am sure the 670 SLI would be faster on a lot of games.But the GTX 1060 has a good price and it is pretty fast.