GeForce GTX 1070 Ti vs GeForce GTX 580 3GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 580 3GB, which features clock speeds of 772 MHz on the GPU, and 1002 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 512 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		180 Watts
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		244 Watts
	Difference: 64 Watts (36%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti will be 36% quicker than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		192384 MB/sec
	Difference: 69760 (36%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should be a lot (approximately 394%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 580 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		244264 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		49408 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 194856 (394%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 580 3GB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580 3GB		37056 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 65792 (178%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at 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 per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.