GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, which comes with GPU core speed of 576 MHz, and 896 MB of GDDR3 memory set to run at 999 MHz through a 448-bit bus. It also features 216 SPUs, 72 TAUs, and 28 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 142 Watts (237%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should theoretically be much superior to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 83088 (289%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should be a lot (more or less 270%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30272 (270%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13328 (476%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.