GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce GTX 590

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 590, which comes with GPU clock speed of 607 MHz, and 1536 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 855 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also features 512 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 48 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 3GB		12185 points
GeForce GTX 590		6680 points
	Difference: 5505 (82%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 245 Watts (204%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 590 should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 131712 (67%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be a lot (about 40%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 590. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30736 (40%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		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 MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.