GeForce GTX 1070 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1127 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this card. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		19808 points
GeForce GTX 960		7627 points
	Difference: 12181 (160%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		180 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is 134% quicker than the GeForce GTX 960 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 150144 (134%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is quite a bit (approximately 239%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		244264 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 172136 (239%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 66784 (185%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

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