GeForce 810M vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 1060, which makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1506 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 2000 MHz on this model. It features 1280 SPUs as well as 80 Texture Address Units and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 810M		15 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (700%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 should be 1265% quicker than the GeForce 810M in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce 810M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 182208 (1265%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is a lot (more or less 1941%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 810M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 810M		5904 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 114576 (1941%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be much (more or less 2349%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 810M, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 810M		2952 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69336 (2349%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.