GeForce GT 340 1GB vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 760, which has a GPU core clock speed of 980 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1152 Stream Processors, 96 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 340 1GB		69 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 101 Watts (146%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Geforce GTX 760 should perform much faster than the GeForce GT 340 1GB in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 137856 (253%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be much (approximately 435%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 340 1GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 76480 (435%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is superior to the GeForce GT 340 1GB, and very much so. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26960 (613%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of 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.