GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 670, which features GPU core speed of 915 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1500 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 1344 Stream Processors, 112 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.

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 670		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 6 (46%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Geforce GTX 670		7351 points
	Difference: 4834 (66%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Geforce GTX 670		170 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be a small bit faster than the Geforce GTX 670 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
	Difference: 4608 (2%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be just a bit (approximately 6%) more effective at texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 670. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5952 (6%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be a lot (more or less 147%) faster with regards to AA than the Geforce GTX 670, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result 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, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.