GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm, which makes use of a 55 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 576 MHz. The GDDR3 memory works at a speed of 999 MHz on this particular model. It features 216 SPUs along with 72 Texture Address Units and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm		171 Watts
	Difference: 141 Watts (470%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm should theoretically be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm		111888 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 62736 (128%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm is a bit (about 2%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm		41472 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 992 (2%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is quite a bit (approximately 25%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm, and capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm		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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number 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 card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card 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 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 fill rate also depends on many 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.