GeForce 9800 GTX vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GT 1030, which uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 1265 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1502 MHz on this specific model. It features 384 SPUs as well as 32 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce 9800 GTX		140 Watts
	Difference: 110 Watts (367%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 9800 GTX will be 43% faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX		70400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 21248 (43%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GTX is just a bit (more or less 7%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX		43200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2720 (7%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is a lot (about 87%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9800 GTX, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX		10800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9440 (87%)

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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.