GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 1030, which has GPU core speed of 1265 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1502 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 Stream Processors, 32 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce 9800 GTX+		145 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (383%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 9800 GTX+ should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce GT 1030 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GTX+ should be a small bit (about 17%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX+		47232 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6752 (17%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be a lot (about 71%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 9800 GTX+, and also capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX+		11808 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8432 (71%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred 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 memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.