GeForce GT 130 vs GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which has GPU clock speed of 1506 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 2000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1152 SPUs, 72 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 130		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce GT 130 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 MB/sec
	Difference: 184608 (1538%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be much (about 804%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 130. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 96432 (804%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 130		8000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 64288 (804%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

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