GeForce GT 430 1GB vs Radeon R9 M370X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M370X, which comes with GPU core speed of 800 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 640 Stream Processors, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R9 M370X should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GT 430 1GB in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 M370X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 43200 (150%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M370X is a lot (more or less 186%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 430 1GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M370X		32000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20800 (186%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 M370X is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon R9 M370X		12800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10000 (357%)

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 MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.