GeForce GTX 285 1GB vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with core speeds of 980 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1152 SPUs as well as 96 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		204 Watts
	Difference: 34 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 760, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 285 1GB in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		158976 MB/sec
	Difference: 33280 (21%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be a lot (about 81%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 285 1GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 42240 (81%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be much (about 51%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 285 1GB, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		20736 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10624 (51%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate 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 rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.