GeForce GT 310 vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1060, which features clock 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 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 310		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 89 Watts (287%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 will be 1129% quicker than the GeForce GT 310 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GT 310		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 180608 (1129%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be a lot (approximately 2457%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 310. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 310		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 115768 (2457%)

Pixel Rate

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

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 310		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69932 (2968%)

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 MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.