GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560, which comes with a core clock frequency of 810 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1001 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 336 SPUs, 56 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.

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 should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 560 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be quite a bit (about 166%) faster with regards to anisotropic 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 is much (more or less 179%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 560, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.