GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, which has GPU core speed of 900 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1026 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 192 Stream Processors, 32 TAUs, and 24 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 3GB		12185 points
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 10288 (542%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 4 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 98112 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a lot (more or less 277%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 79632 (277%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be a lot (about 235%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 50688 (235%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as 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 memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.