GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, which has core speeds of 1500 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 96 TAUs and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		120 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (300%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is 500% quicker than the GeForce GT 1030 overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		294912 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 245760 (500%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is a lot (more or less 256%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 103520 (256%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		72000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 51760 (256%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.