GeForce GT 430 1GB vs GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which has a clock speed of 1506 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 16 nm design. It features 1152 SPUs, 72 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 1GB		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GT 430 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 167808 (583%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be quite a bit (more or less 868%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 430 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 97232 (868%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is superior to the GeForce GT 430 1GB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69488 (2482%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.