GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Geforce GTX 690

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 690, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 915 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1502 MHz on this specific model. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units 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 690		13111 points
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
	Difference: 926 (8%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Geforce GTX 690		300 Watts
	Difference: 180 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 690 should be 96% faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		384512 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 187904 (96%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 is quite a bit (about 116%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		234240 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 125808 (116%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a lot (approximately 23%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 690, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 690		58560 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13728 (23%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses 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, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could 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 colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.