GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs Nvidia Titan X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Nvidia Titan X, which comes with a clock frequency of 1417 MHz and a GDDR5X memory speed of 1251 MHz. It also makes use of a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 16 nm design. It features 3584 SPUs, 224 TAUs, and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		60 Watts
Nvidia Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 190 Watts (317%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Nvidia Titan X should be 1607% faster than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		491520 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 462720 (1607%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X will be quite a bit (about 2734%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		317408 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 306208 (2734%)

Pixel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X will be a lot (more or less 4758%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		136032 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 133232 (4758%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.