GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm, which has GPU clock speed of 576 MHz, and 896 MB of GDDR3 memory set to run at 999 MHz through a 448-bit bus. It also features 216 SPUs, 72 TAUs, 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 216SP 55 nm		171 Watts
	Difference: 141 Watts (470%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm should perform much 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 will be a little bit (more or less 2%) faster with regards to texture 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 will be much (about 25%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm, and also able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as 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 - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.