GeForce GTS 150 vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1060, which comes with core 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 GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce GTS 150		141 Watts
	Difference: 21 Watts (18%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GTS 150 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 150		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 164608 (514%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be quite a bit (approximately 154%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTS 150. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 150		47360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 73120 (154%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is quite a bit (more or less 511%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTS 150, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 150		11840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 60448 (511%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range 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 is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's 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, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.