GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 570

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 570, which comes with a core clock frequency of 732 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 950 MHz. It also uses a 320-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 480 SPUs, 60 Texture Address Units, and 40 Raster Operation 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 570		4387 points
	Difference: 7972 (182%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 99 Watts (83%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1060 should in theory be much better than the GeForce GTX 570 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 44608 (29%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be much (approximately 174%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 76560 (174%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be much (about 147%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 570, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.