GeForce GTX 285 1GB vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 760, which has core clock speeds of 980 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1152 SPUs along with 96 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		204 Watts
	Difference: 34 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Geforce GTX 760 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 285 1GB in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		158976 MB/sec
	Difference: 33280 (21%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be quite a bit (about 81%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 285 1GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 42240 (81%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		20736 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10624 (51%)

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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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 - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.