GeForce GTX 1060 vs Geforce GTX 780

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 780, which features a core clock frequency of 863 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 2304 SPUs, 192 TAUs, and 48 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 780		10082 points
	Difference: 2277 (23%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Geforce GTX 780		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 780, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 780		288384 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 91776 (47%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 780 will be a lot (more or less 38%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Geforce GTX 780		165696 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 45216 (38%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is superior to the Geforce GTX 780, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 780		41424 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30864 (75%)

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 transported 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 card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the 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 most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.