GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 560, which features clock speeds of 810 MHz on the GPU, and 1001 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 336 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 32 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		3030 points
	Difference: 9329 (308%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 560 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
	Difference: 68480 (53%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is a lot (more or less 166%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 75120 (166%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be much (more or less 179%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 46368 (179%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.