GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 285 2GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 285 2GB, which uses a 55 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 648 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a speed of 1242 MHz on this particular model. It features 240 SPUs as well as 80 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		204 Watts
	Difference: 84 Watts (70%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1060 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 285 2GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		158976 MB/sec
	Difference: 37632 (24%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is much (about 132%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 285 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 68640 (132%)

Pixel Rate

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

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		20736 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 51552 (249%)

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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.