GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 732 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 900 MHz on this particular model. It features 448 SPUs as well as 56 Texture Address Units and 40 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		4200 points
	Difference: 8159 (194%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (75%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 should be 37% faster than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
	Difference: 52608 (37%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be quite a bit (approximately 194%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 79488 (194%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be a lot (approximately 147%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, and also capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 43008 (147%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.