GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 560, which comes with a core clock speed of 810 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1001 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 336 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 560 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 is much (about 305%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 is a lot (more or less 826%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.