GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 960, which comes with GPU core speed of 1127 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, 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 960		120 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 960 will be 289% quicker than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 83200 (289%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 should be a lot (approximately 544%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 60928 (544%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 33264 (1188%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should 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, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. 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 output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.