GeForce GTX 1630 vs Radeon R9 M280X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M280X, which features clock speeds of 900 MHz on the GPU, and 1375 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 896 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1630, in theory, should be just a bit faster than the Radeon R9 M280X overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M280X		88000 MB/sec
	Difference: 10304 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 should be a bit (approximately 10%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R9 M280X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M280X		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5280 (10%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 should be much (about 93%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 M280X, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M280X		14400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13440 (93%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of 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 fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.