GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon R9 390X 8G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 390X 8G, which has GPU clock speed of 1050 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1500 MHz through a 512-bit bus. It also is made up of 2816 SPUs, 176 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon R9 390X 8G		275 Watts
	Difference: 245 Watts (817%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 390X 8G, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 390X 8G		384000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 334848 (681%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 390X 8G should be much (more or less 357%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon R9 390X 8G		184800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 144320 (357%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 390X 8G is quite a bit (approximately 232%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 1030, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R9 390X 8G		67200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 46960 (232%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past 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 RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. 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 potential to reach the max fill rate.