GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which features a clock speed of 822 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1002 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It features 384 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, 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 560 Ti		3466 points
	Difference: 8893 (257%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
	Difference: 68352 (53%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is quite a bit (about 129%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 67872 (129%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 45984 (175%)

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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.