GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GTX 1060

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 1060, which features core speeds of 1506 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1280 SPUs along with 80 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (300%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1060 should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 147456 (300%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be quite a bit (about 198%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 80000 (198%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is quite a bit (approximately 257%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 1030, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 52048 (257%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.