GeForce GTX 1060 vs Geforce GTX 1080 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti, which has a clock frequency of 1480 MHz and a GDDR5X memory speed of 1376 MHz. It also makes use of a 352-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 16 nm design. It is made up of 3584 SPUs, 224 Texture Address Units, and 88 Raster Operation 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 1080 Ti		710 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1060		311 Sol/s
	Difference: 399 (128%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		510 h/s
GeForce GTX 1060		430 h/s
	Difference: 80 (19%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		27629 points
GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
	Difference: 15270 (124%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti will be 152% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		495616 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 299008 (152%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti should be much (more or less 175%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		331520 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 211040 (175%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		130240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 57952 (80%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number 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 applied per second.

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