GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon HD 7750

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 7750, which has core speeds of 800 MHz on the GPU, and 1125 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 512 SPUs along with 32 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon HD 7750		55 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (83%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 7750 will be 46% quicker than the GeForce GT 1030 in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon HD 7750		72000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 22848 (46%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is a lot (about 58%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 7750. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7750		25600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14880 (58%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be much (about 58%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 7750, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7750		12800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7440 (58%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher 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 processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.