GeForce GT 130 vs Radeon R9 M290X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M290X, which features clock speeds of 850 MHz on the GPU, and 1200 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1280 SPUs along with 80 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 130		75 Watts
Radeon R9 M290X		100 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 M290X should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 130 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 M290X		153600 MB/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 MB/sec
	Difference: 141600 (1180%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M290X is quite a bit (approximately 467%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 130. (explain)

Radeon R9 M290X		68000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 56000 (467%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M290X will be quite a bit (more or less 240%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 130, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon R9 M290X		27200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 130		8000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19200 (240%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.