GeForce GT 430 vs GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which has a clock speed of 1506 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency 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 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be 583% quicker than the GeForce GT 430 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be a lot (approximately 868%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be a lot (approximately 2482%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 430, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430		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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of 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 calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.