GeForce GT 340 1GB vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1060, which features GPU clock 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 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 340 1GB		69 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 51 Watts (74%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 340 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 142208 (261%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be much (approximately 585%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 340 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 102880 (585%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be quite a bit (more or less 1543%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GT 340 1GB, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 340 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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If 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, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, 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 most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.