GeForce GTX 1070 Ti vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, which comes with clock speeds of 1500 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 1536 SPUs along with 96 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		180 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is 13% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		294912 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (13%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is a lot (about 70%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		244264 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 100264 (70%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should be a lot (more or less 43%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		102848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		72000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30848 (43%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.