GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GT 1030, which makes use of a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1265 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1502 MHz on this specific card. It features 384 SPUs as well as 32 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		40 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GT 1030 will be 668% faster than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		6400 MB/sec
	Difference: 42752 (668%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be quite a bit (more or less 2149%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		1800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 38680 (2149%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		900 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19340 (2149%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock 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 output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.