GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 465

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 465, which has core speeds of 607 MHz on the GPU, and 802 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 352 SPUs as well as 44 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 465		200 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1060 should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GTX 465 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 465		102592 MB/sec
	Difference: 94016 (92%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is much (approximately 351%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 465. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 465		26708 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 93772 (351%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be quite a bit (approximately 272%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 465, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 465		19424 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 52864 (272%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 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 speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 video card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.