GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) 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 made up of 384 Stream Processors, 32 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation 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

The GeForce GT 1030 should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is a lot (more or less 2149%) faster with regards to 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 high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is the winner, 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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.