GeForce GT 430 1GB vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with GPU clock speed of 980 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1152 SPUs, 96 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 1GB		60 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 110 Watts (183%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 760 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 430 1GB overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 163456 (568%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be quite a bit (more or less 740%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 430 1GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 82880 (740%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28560 (1020%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can 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 colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.