GeForce GTX 1060 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with a core clock speed of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1152 SPUs, 96 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 1060		12359 points
Geforce GTX 760		5923 points
	Difference: 6436 (109%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 should theoretically be a bit faster than the Geforce GTX 760 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 4352 (2%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be much (approximately 28%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26400 (28%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be a lot (more or less 131%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Geforce GTX 760, and will be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40928 (131%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.