GeForce GTX 1060 vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 670, which has GPU clock speed of 915 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1500 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 1344 Stream Processors, 112 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 670		7351 points
	Difference: 5008 (68%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Geforce GTX 670		170 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1060 should theoretically be a little bit better than the Geforce GTX 670 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
	Difference: 4608 (2%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be just a bit (more or less 18%) better at texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 670. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18000 (18%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be quite a bit (approximately 147%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 670, and should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 43008 (147%)

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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.