GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 285 1GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 285 1GB, which makes use of a 55 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 648 MHz. The GDDR3 memory works at a frequency of 1242 MHz on this particular card. 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 1GB		204 Watts
	Difference: 84 Watts (70%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 285 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		158976 MB/sec
	Difference: 37632 (24%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is quite a bit (approximately 132%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 285 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 68640 (132%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		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 MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.