GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 260

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 260, which has core clock speeds of 576 MHz on the GPU, and 999 MHz on the 896 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 192 SPUs along with 64 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		182 Watts
	Difference: 122 Watts (203%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 260 is 289% faster than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 260 should be quite a bit (more or less 229%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 260		36864 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25664 (229%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 260 is a lot (more or less 476%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260		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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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 AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.