GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 960, which comes with a core clock speed of 1127 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation 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		18174 points
GeForce GTX 960		7627 points
	Difference: 10547 (138%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1070		436 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 960		154 Sol/s
	Difference: 282 (183%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1070 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 960 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be a lot (more or less 151%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 108592 (151%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 should be much (about 167%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 960, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 60320 (167%)

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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. 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 many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.