GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce GTX 275

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 275, which has a clock frequency of 633 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 1134 MHz. It also features a 448-bit memory bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It is made up of 240 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 275		219 Watts
	Difference: 99 Watts (83%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 275 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 275		127008 MB/sec
	Difference: 69600 (55%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be a lot (approximately 114%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 275. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 275		50640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 57792 (114%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be much (approximately 308%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 275, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 275		17724 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 54564 (308%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.