GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, which features GPU clock speed of 576 MHz, and 896 MB of GDDR3 memory running at 999 MHz through a 448-bit bus. It also is made up of 216 SPUs, 72 Texture Address Units, and 28 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 172 Watts (573%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 62736 (128%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 will be a small bit (about 2%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 992 (2%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is a lot (more or less 25%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4112 (25%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

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