GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon HD 3650

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 3650, which makes use of a 55 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 725 MHz. The GDDR4 memory works at a speed of 800 MHz on this card. It features 120(24x5) SPUs as well as 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

The GeForce GT 1030 should theoretically perform a lot faster than 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 should be much (approximately 598%) better 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 will be a lot (more or less 598%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon HD 3650, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.