GeForce GT 230 vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1060, which makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1506 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 2000 MHz on this model. It features 1280 SPUs along with 80 TAUs and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 230		65 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (85%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 will be 412% faster than the GeForce GT 230 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GT 230		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 158208 (412%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be a lot (more or less 1269%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 230. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 230		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 111680 (1269%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be quite a bit (approximately 1543%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GT 230, and able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 230		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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. 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 many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.