GeForce GT 430 vs GeForce GTX Titan X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX Titan X, which has GPU clock speed of 1000 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 3072 Stream Processors, 192 Texture Address Units, and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX Titan X should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce GT 430 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

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

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

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan X is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430		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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.