GeForce GT 130 vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 380X, which has GPU core speed of 970 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1425 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 130		75 Watts
Radeon R9 380X		190 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (153%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R9 380X should theoretically be much better than the GeForce GT 130 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 MB/sec
	Difference: 170400 (1420%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380X will be a lot (approximately 935%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 130. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 112160 (935%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 380X is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		31040 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 130		8000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23040 (288%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 amount of 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 higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.