GeForce GTX 1080 vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 670, which comes with core speeds of 915 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1344 SPUs as well as 112 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 670		7351 points
	Difference: 14591 (198%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1080		20 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 670		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 7 (54%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 670		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (6%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1080 should perform much faster than the Geforce GTX 670 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
	Difference: 135680 (71%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is much (more or less 151%) better at AF than the Geforce GTX 670. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 154640 (151%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1080 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 73568 (251%)

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 transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once 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, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.