GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 900 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1026 MHz on this model. It features 192 SPUs as well as 32 Texture Address Units and 24 Rasterization Operator 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 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 10462 (552%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 4 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1060 should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 98112 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is a lot (more or less 318%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 91680 (318%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be quite a bit (approximately 235%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 50688 (235%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at 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 that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.