GeForce GTX 1060 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with a clock frequency of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1152 SPUs, 96 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		12359 points
Geforce GTX 760		5923 points
	Difference: 6436 (109%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 should theoretically perform a small bit faster than the Geforce GTX 760 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 4352 (2%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be much (about 28%) more effective at texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26400 (28%)

Pixel Rate

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

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40928 (131%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.