GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon HD 5750 512MB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 5750 512MB, which features a core clock frequency of 700 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1150 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 720(144x5) SPUs, 36 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		86 Watts
	Difference: 56 Watts (187%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 5750 512MB will be 50% quicker than the GeForce GT 1030 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon HD 5750 512MB		73600 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 24448 (50%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 will be a lot (approximately 61%) more effective at AF than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		25200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15280 (61%)

Pixel Rate

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

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		11200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9040 (81%)

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 past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated 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 texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.