GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GT 430 1GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GT 430 1GB, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 700 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR3 RAM set to run at 900 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 96 Stream Processors, 16 TAUs, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GT 430 1GB		60 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GT 1030 should be 71% quicker than the GeForce GT 430 1GB overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 20352 (71%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 will be quite a bit (about 261%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 430 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29280 (261%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17440 (623%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.