GeForce GTX 1060 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 760, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 980 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1502 MHz on this card. It features 1152 SPUs as well as 96 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 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 in theory be just 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 should be quite a bit (about 28%) more effective 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 will be quite a bit (approximately 131%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 760, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling 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 could 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 Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.