GeForce GT 320 vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1060, which features a core clock frequency of 1506 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 16 nm design. It is comprised of 1280 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 320		43 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 77 Watts (179%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 will be 678% quicker than the GeForce GT 320 overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GT 320		25280 MB/sec
	Difference: 171328 (678%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be a lot (more or less 830%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 320. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 320		12960 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 107520 (830%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is much (more or less 1573%) better at AA than the GeForce GT 320, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 320		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 67968 (1573%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. 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 is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.