GeForce GT 320 vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1060, which has GPU clock speed of 1506 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 2000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is made up of 1280 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 48 ROPs.

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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

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 is 678% quicker than the GeForce GT 320 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be much (approximately 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

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is superior to the GeForce GT 320, by far. (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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

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