GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, which features a clock frequency of 576 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 999 MHz. It also makes use of a 448-bit bus, and uses a 65 nm design. It features 216 SPUs, 72 TAUs, and 28 ROPs.

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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 speaking, the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should be 128% faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (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 little bit (more or less 2%) faster with regards to texture filtering 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 will be much (more or less 25%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.