GeForce GT 430 vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 975 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1400 MHz on this model. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430		60 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (83%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 370 2G, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 430 overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 150400 (522%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G will be quite a bit (more or less 457%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 51200 (457%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G will be much (more or less 1014%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 430, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28400 (1014%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number 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 higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

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