GeForce GT 430 1GB vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1060, which comes with GPU core speed of 1506 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 2000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 1280 Stream Processors, 80 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 1GB		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce GT 430 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 167808 (583%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be much (about 976%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 430 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 109280 (976%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be quite a bit (approximately 2482%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GT 430 1GB, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69488 (2482%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per 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 - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.