GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960, which comes with clock speeds of 1127 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units 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 960		120 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 960, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) overall. (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 much (approximately 544%) faster with regards to AF 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

The GeForce GTX 960 should be much (more or less 1188%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.