GeForce GT 430 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 760, which has core speeds of 980 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1152 SPUs as well as 96 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 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 110 Watts (183%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 760 should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 430 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 is much (about 740%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 430. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be a lot (more or less 1020%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 430, and capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430		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 megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.