GeForce GT 320 vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1060, which uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1506 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this particular 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 320		43 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 77 Watts (179%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 320 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GT 320		25280 MB/sec
	Difference: 171328 (678%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is quite a bit (about 830%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 320. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 320		12960 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 107520 (830%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be much (approximately 1573%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GT 320, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 320		4320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 67968 (1573%)

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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.