GeForce GT 430 1GB vs Radeon R7 360

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 360, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1050 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1625 MHz on this particular card. It features 768 SPUs along with 48 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 1GB		60 Watts
Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R7 360 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GT 430 1GB in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 75200 (261%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 360 should be a lot (about 350%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430 1GB. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 39200 (350%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R7 360 is superior to the GeForce GT 430 1GB, by far. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14000 (500%)

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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.