GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 480

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 480, which has a clock frequency of 700 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 924 MHz. It also features a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 480 SPUs, 60 TAUs, and 48 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 480		3650 points
	Difference: 8709 (239%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 480		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 should theoretically be a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 480 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 480		177408 MB/sec
	Difference: 19200 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is a lot (about 187%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 480. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		42000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 78480 (187%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is superior to the GeForce GTX 480, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		33600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 38688 (115%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. 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 output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.