GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1060, which comes with GPU core speed of 1506 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 2000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 1280 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		70 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (71%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 is 261% faster than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 142208 (261%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is quite a bit (approximately 585%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 102880 (585%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be much (more or less 1543%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, and will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 67888 (1543%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.