GeForce GT 340 1GB vs Radeon HD 4830 1GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 4830 1GB, which features core speeds of 575 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR4 memory. It features 640(128x5) SPUs along with 32 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 340 1GB		69 Watts
Radeon HD 4830 1GB		95 Watts
	Difference: 26 Watts (38%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 4830 1GB, in theory, should be a little bit faster than the GeForce GT 340 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 4830 1GB		57600 MB/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 3200 (6%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4830 1GB is a little bit (approximately 5%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 340 1GB. (explain)

Radeon HD 4830 1GB		18400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 800 (5%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 4830 1GB is superior to the GeForce GT 340 1GB, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon HD 4830 1GB		9200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4800 (109%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount 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 output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.