GeForce GTS 150 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all that to the Geforce GTX 760, which features a clock frequency of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 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 GTS 150		141 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 29 Watts (21%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 760 should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce GTS 150 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be a lot (more or less 99%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTS 150. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is the winner, by a large margin. (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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number 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 card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.