GeForce GT 430 1GB vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which has a core clock speed of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1400 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 1GB		60 Watts
Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (83%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 370 4G is 522% quicker than the GeForce GT 430 1GB overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 150400 (522%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G should be quite a bit (approximately 457%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430 1GB. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 51200 (457%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 4G is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result 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 high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.