GeForce 820M vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1060, which features GPU clock speed of 1506 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 2000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 1280 Stream Processors, 80 Texture Address Units, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
GeForce 820M		850 points
	Difference: 11509 (1354%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 820M		15 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (700%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 820M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce 820M		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 180608 (1129%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be quite a bit (more or less 947%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 820M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 820M		11504 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 108976 (947%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 820M		2876 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69412 (2413%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.