GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon HD 3650

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 3650, which comes with GPU core speed of 725 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR4 RAM set to run at 800 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 120(24x5) SPUs, 8 TAUs, and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon HD 3650		78 Watts
	Difference: 48 Watts (160%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GT 1030 should theoretically be a lot superior to the Radeon HD 3650 overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
Radeon HD 3650		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 23552 (92%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is much (more or less 598%) more effective at AF than the Radeon HD 3650. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 3650		5800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34680 (598%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be quite a bit (more or less 598%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon HD 3650, and also capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 3650		2900 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17340 (598%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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 lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.