GeForce GT 1030 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 760, which features a clock speed of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1152 SPUs, 96 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 140 Watts (467%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 760 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 143104 (291%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 is a lot (about 132%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 53600 (132%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 is much (approximately 55%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GT 1030, and should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11120 (55%)

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 over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at 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 card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.