GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce GTX 1080

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1080, which comes with core speeds of 1607 MHz on the GPU, and 1251 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5X memory. It features 2560 SPUs as well as 160 TAUs and 64 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1080		553 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		290 Sol/s
	Difference: 263 (91%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1080		20 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
	Difference: 1 (5%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1080		21942 points
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
	Difference: 9757 (80%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1080 should be 67% faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 131072 (67%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is quite a bit (approximately 137%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 148688 (137%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1080 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30560 (42%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core 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 a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.