GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Geforce GTX 1080 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti, which uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1480 MHz. The GDDR5X memory is set to run at a speed of 1376 MHz on this particular model. It features 3584 SPUs along with 224 TAUs and 88 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		710 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		290 Sol/s
	Difference: 420 (145%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		27629 points
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
	Difference: 15444 (127%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti should theoretically be much superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		495616 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 299008 (152%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti is a lot (approximately 206%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		331520 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 223088 (206%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti is a lot (about 80%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Geforce GTX 1080 Ti		130240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 57952 (80%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.