GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960, which has GPU clock speed of 1127 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1024 Stream Processors, 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 1080		21942 points
GeForce GTX 960		7627 points
	Difference: 14315 (188%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1080		553 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 960		154 Sol/s
	Difference: 399 (259%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1080		20 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 960		11 Mh/s
	Difference: 9 (82%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1080 should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 215680 (193%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is quite a bit (more or less 256%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 184992 (256%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 should be quite a bit (about 185%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 960, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved 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 it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.