GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 560, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 810 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1001 MHz on this specific card. It features 336 SPUs as well as 56 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		18174 points
GeForce GTX 560		3030 points
	Difference: 15144 (500%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1070 will be 105% quicker than the GeForce GTX 560 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
	Difference: 134016 (105%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be much (about 298%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 135360 (298%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is much (approximately 272%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 70464 (272%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.