GeForce GT 320 vs GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1506 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 2000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is made up of 1152 Stream Processors, 72 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 320		43 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 77 Watts (179%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 320 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GT 320		25280 MB/sec
	Difference: 171328 (678%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is quite a bit (about 737%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 320. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 320		12960 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 95472 (737%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be a lot (about 1573%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 320, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 320		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 67968 (1573%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 most 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 worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.