GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 580

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 580, which has a core clock frequency of 772 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1002 MHz. It also makes use of a 384-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 512 SPUs, 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 580		4956 points
	Difference: 7403 (149%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 580		244 Watts
	Difference: 124 Watts (103%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 is 2% faster than the GeForce GTX 580 overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 580		192384 MB/sec
	Difference: 4224 (2%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be quite a bit (about 144%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 580. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		49408 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 71072 (144%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be a lot (more or less 95%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 580, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 580		37056 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 35232 (95%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core 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 quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.