GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 560, which features core speeds of 810 MHz on the GPU, and 1001 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 336 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator 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

The GeForce GTX 560, in theory, should be much 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 a lot (more or less 305%) better at texture 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 quite a bit (more or less 826%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (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 information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock 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 fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.