GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which has a clock frequency of 822 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1002 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is made up of 384 SPUs, 64 TAUs, 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 3GB		12185 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		3466 points
	Difference: 8719 (252%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be 53% quicker than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
	Difference: 68352 (53%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a lot (about 106%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 55824 (106%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 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 anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.