GeForce GTS 450 vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 1060, which comes with core speeds of 1506 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1280 SPUs as well as 80 Texture Address Units and 48 ROPs.

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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 GTS 450		1453 points
	Difference: 10906 (751%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTS 450		106 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 14 Watts (13%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 should be much faster than the GeForce GTS 450 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 450		57728 MB/sec
	Difference: 138880 (241%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be quite a bit (more or less 381%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTS 450. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 450		25056 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 95424 (381%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is a lot (about 477%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTS 450, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 450		12528 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 59760 (477%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.