GeForce GT 310 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with a clock frequency of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1152 SPUs, 96 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 310		31 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 139 Watts (448%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 760 will be 1102% quicker than the GeForce GT 310 in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GT 310		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 176256 (1102%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be quite a bit (about 1897%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 310. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 310		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 89368 (1897%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be much (more or less 1231%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GT 310, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 310		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29004 (1231%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.