GeForce GT 430 1GB vs GeForce GTX Titan X

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX Titan X, which comes with core speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 12288 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 3072 SPUs along with 192 TAUs and 96 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 1GB		60 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 190 Watts (317%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX Titan X should be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 430 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 307200 (1067%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X will be a lot (more or less 1614%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 430 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		192000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 180800 (1614%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X is a lot (more or less 3329%) better at AA than the GeForce GT 430 1GB, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 93200 (3329%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a 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 must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.