GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GT 130

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 130, which has core clock speeds of 500 MHz on the GPU, and 250 MHz on the 768 MB of DDR2 RAM. It features 48 SPUs as well as 24 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GT 130		75 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GT 1030 should theoretically be much superior to the GeForce GT 130 overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 MB/sec
	Difference: 37152 (310%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be quite a bit (more or less 237%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 130. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 28480 (237%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 130		8000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12240 (153%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

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