GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 295

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 295, which has GPU clock speed of 576 MHz, and 896 MB of GDDR3 memory set to run at 999 MHz through a 448-bit bus. It also is made up of 240 Stream Processors, 80 Texture Address Units, and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 295		289 Watts
	Difference: 169 Watts (141%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 295 should be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 27168 (14%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be much (approximately 31%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 295. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 28320 (31%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be much (approximately 124%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 295, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40032 (124%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics 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 could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.