GeForce GT 340 1GB vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1060, which uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1506 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 2000 MHz on this specific card. It features 1280 SPUs along with 80 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 340 1GB		69 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 51 Watts (74%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1060 should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GT 340 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 142208 (261%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be much (approximately 585%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 340 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 102880 (585%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. 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 output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.