GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs Radeon R9 M375

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M375, which features a core clock frequency of 1015 MHz and a DDR3 memory frequency of 1100 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 M375 should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375		35200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 6400 (22%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M375 should be much (about 263%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon R9 M375		40600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29400 (263%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R9 M375 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375		16240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13440 (480%)

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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

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