GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs Radeon R7 M260

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 M260, which has GPU clock speed of 715 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM running at 1000 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 Stream Processors, 24 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) should be much faster than the Radeon R7 M260 in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 12800 (80%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M260 is quite a bit (more or less 53%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon R7 M260		17160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5960 (53%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 M260 will be a lot (approximately 104%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260		5720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2920 (104%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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