GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which features core speeds of 975 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 370 2G should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G should be much (more or less 457%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G will be a lot (about 1014%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.