GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon HD 3650 512MB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 3650 512MB, which features GPU core speed of 725 MHz, and 512 MB of GDDR3 memory running at 800 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 120(24x5) Stream Processors, 8 TAUs, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
Radeon HD 3650 512MB		78 Watts
	Difference: 48 Watts (160%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GT 1030 should theoretically perform much faster than the Radeon HD 3650 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
Radeon HD 3650 512MB		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 23552 (92%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be quite a bit (about 598%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 3650 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 3650 512MB		5800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34680 (598%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is superior to the Radeon HD 3650 512MB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 3650 512MB		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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.