GeForce GTX 1060 vs Geforce GTX 680

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 680, which features core clock speeds of 1006 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1536 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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 680		7650 points
	Difference: 4709 (62%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Geforce GTX 680		195 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (63%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1060 should in theory be just a bit superior to the Geforce GTX 680 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 680		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 4352 (2%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 680 should be just a bit (about 7%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		128768 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8288 (7%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is a lot (more or less 125%) better at FSAA than the Geforce GTX 680, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 680		32192 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40096 (125%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.