GeForce GTS 150 vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1060, which features clock speeds of 1506 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1280 SPUs as well as 80 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce GTS 150		141 Watts
	Difference: 21 Watts (18%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce GTS 150 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 150		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 164608 (514%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be quite a bit (more or less 154%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTS 150. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 150		47360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 73120 (154%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is quite a bit (about 511%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTS 150, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 150		11840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 60448 (511%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.