GeForce GTX 1070 Ti vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960, which features core speeds of 1127 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units 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

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general. (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 a lot (approximately 239%) better at anisotropic 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

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti will be quite a bit (approximately 185%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 960, and capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of 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.