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GeForce GT 430 1GB vs Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)
Intro
The GeForce GT 430 1GB comes with a clock speed of 700 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is made up of 96 SPUs, 16 TAUs, and 4 Raster Operation Units.Compare that to the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM), which has clock speeds of 800 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 480 SPUs as well as 24 Texture Address Units and 8 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GT 430 1GB |
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60 Watts |
| Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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63 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
In theory, the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) will be 122% faster than the GeForce GT 430 1GB in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)
| Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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64000 MB/sec |
| GeForce GT 430 1GB |
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28800 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) is much (approximately 71%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 430 1GB. (explain)| Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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19200 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GT 430 1GB |
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11200 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) is superior to the GeForce GT 430 1GB, and very much so. (explain)| Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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6400 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GT 430 1GB |
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2800 Mpixels/sec |
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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
GeForce GT 430 1GBAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce GT 430 1GB | Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | October 2010 | February 2011 |
| Code Name | GF108 | Turks |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 512 MB |
| Core Speed | 700 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 4000 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 60 watts | 63 watts |
| Bandwidth | 28800 MB/sec | 64000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 11200 Mtexels/sec | 19200 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 2800 Mpixels/sec | 6400 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 96 | 480 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 16 | 24 |
| Render Output Units | 4 | 8 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 585 million | 715 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenGL 4.1 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling 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 could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.
GeForce GT 430 1GBAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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