GeForce GTX 1060 vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 670, which has a core clock speed of 915 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1344 SPUs, 112 Texture Address Units, and 32 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		12359 points
Geforce GTX 670		7351 points
	Difference: 5008 (68%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Geforce GTX 670		170 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (42%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 should in theory be just a bit faster than the Geforce GTX 670 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
	Difference: 4608 (2%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is just a bit (approximately 18%) better at texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 670. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18000 (18%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is much (approximately 147%) more effective at AA than the Geforce GTX 670, and able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 43008 (147%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling 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 the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.