GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce GTX 285 2GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 285 2GB, which comes with core clock speeds of 648 MHz on the GPU, and 1242 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 240 SPUs along with 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 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		204 Watts
	Difference: 84 Watts (70%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GTX 285 2GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		158976 MB/sec
	Difference: 37632 (24%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a lot (more or less 109%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 285 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 2GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 56592 (109%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be much (about 249%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 285 2GB, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus 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 better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.