GeForce 9800 GT 1GB vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GT 1030, which has a core clock speed of 1265 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit memory bus, and uses a 16 nm design. It features 384 SPUs, 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 GT 1GB		105 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (250%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 9800 GT 1GB should theoretically perform a small bit faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 8448 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be just a bit (more or less 20%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 1GB		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6880 (20%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is superior to the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 1GB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10640 (111%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR 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, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.