GeForce GT 230 vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 975 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1400 MHz on this specific card. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 230		65 Watts
Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (69%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 370 4G, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 230 overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 230		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 140800 (367%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G will be much (about 609%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 230. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 230		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 53600 (609%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 4G is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 230		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26800 (609%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.