GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Geforce GTX 770

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 770, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1046 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1753 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1536 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		290 Sol/s
Geforce GTX 770		70 Sol/s
	Difference: 220 (314%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 770		14 Mh/s
	Difference: 5 (36%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Geforce GTX 770		7854 points
	Difference: 4331 (55%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Geforce GTX 770		230 Watts
	Difference: 110 Watts (92%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Geforce GTX 770 should perform just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 770		224384 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 27776 (14%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 770 should be much (approximately 23%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 770		133888 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25456 (23%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 770		33472 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 38816 (116%)

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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

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