GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560, which has GPU clock speed of 810 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1001 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 336 Stream Processors, 56 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (400%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 560 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 78976 (161%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 should be a small bit (about 12%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4880 (12%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5680 (28%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.