GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1060, which makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1506 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this model. It features 1280 SPUs as well as 80 TAUs and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 should be 583% quicker than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 167808 (583%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be much (about 976%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 109280 (976%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69488 (2482%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.