GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 590

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 590, which comes with core speeds of 607 MHz on the GPU, and 855 MHz on the 1536 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 512 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 48 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 590		6680 points
	Difference: 5679 (85%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 245 Watts (204%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 590 should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 131712 (67%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is a lot (about 55%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 590. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 42784 (55%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be much (about 24%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 590, and should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14016 (24%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.