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GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce GTX 480
IntroThe GeForce GTX 1060 3GB makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1506 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this specific model. It features 1152 SPUs along with 72 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 480, which comes with a clock frequency of 700 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 924 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It features 480 SPUs, 60 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.
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BenchmarksThese 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
Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthThe GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should theoretically perform just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 480 overall. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be a lot (more or less 158%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 480. (explain)
Pixel RateIf using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)
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
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Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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