GeForce GTS 150 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 760, which has core clock 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 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTS 150		141 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 29 Watts (21%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 760 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTS 150 overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 150		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 160256 (501%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be much (about 99%) better at AF than the GeForce GTS 150. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 150		47360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 46720 (99%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be much (approximately 165%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTS 150, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 150		11840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19520 (165%)

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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling 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 graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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 memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.