GeForce GT 430 vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 560, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 810 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1001 MHz on this particular model. It features 336 SPUs along with 56 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 560 should theoretically be much better than the GeForce GT 430 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 99328 (345%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 should be a lot (more or less 305%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34160 (305%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 is superior to the GeForce GT 430, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23120 (826%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.