GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, which features core speeds of 1607 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2432 SPUs along with 152 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		19808 points
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
	Difference: 7623 (63%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		180 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 65536 (33%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is much (more or less 125%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		244264 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 135832 (125%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the 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 amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number 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 rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.