GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, which has a core clock speed of 576 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 999 MHz. It also makes use of a 448-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 65 nm design. It is made up of 216 SPUs, 72 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 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 82 Watts (68%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1060 should in theory be much better than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 84720 (76%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be a lot (about 191%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 79008 (191%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be quite a bit (more or less 348%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 56160 (348%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better 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 most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.