GeForce 930M vs GeForce GTX 480

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 480, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 700 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 924 MHz on this specific model. It features 480 SPUs along with 60 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 480		3650 points
GeForce 930M		1490 points
	Difference: 2160 (145%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 480 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce 930M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		177408 MB/sec
GeForce 930M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 163008 (1132%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 480 will be quite a bit (about 89%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 930M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		42000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 930M		22272 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19728 (89%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 480 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		33600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 930M		7424 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26176 (353%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.