GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon HD 4350

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 4350, which comes with a core clock speed of 575 MHz and a DDR2 memory frequency of 500 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit bus, and makes use of a 55 nm design. It features 80(16x5) SPUs, 8 Texture Address Units, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4350		22 Watts
GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
	Difference: 8 Watts (36%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GT 1030 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the Radeon HD 4350 in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4350		8000 MB/sec
	Difference: 41152 (514%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 will be quite a bit (more or less 780%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 4350. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		4600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 35880 (780%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is superior to the Radeon HD 4350, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		2300 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17940 (780%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at 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 that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.