GeForce GT 340 vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare those specifications 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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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 340		69 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 51 Watts (74%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 is 261% faster than the GeForce GT 340 in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GT 340		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 142208 (261%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be much (about 585%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 340. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 340		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 102880 (585%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is much (about 1543%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 340, and also capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 340		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 67888 (1543%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the 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 in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as 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 ability to get to the maximum fill rate.