GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 465

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 465, which features core speeds of 607 MHz on the GPU, and 802 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 352 SPUs along with 44 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 465		200 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 is 92% quicker than the GeForce GTX 465 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 465		102592 MB/sec
	Difference: 94016 (92%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be quite a bit (about 351%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 465. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 465		26708 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 93772 (351%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is superior to the GeForce GTX 465, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 465		19424 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 52864 (272%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount 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 texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.