GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce GTX 980M

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 980M, which comes with clock speeds of 1038 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 96 Texture Address Units and 64 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		290 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 980M		155 Sol/s
	Difference: 135 (87%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
GeForce GTX 980M		9476 points
	Difference: 2709 (29%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 980M		100 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be 54% quicker than the GeForce GTX 980M overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 980M		128000 MB/sec
	Difference: 68608 (54%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be a little bit (approximately 9%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 980M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 980M		99648 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8784 (9%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is the winner, not by a very large margin though. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 980M		66432 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5856 (9%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.