GeForce GT 130 vs GeForce GT 430 (OEM)

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), which has GPU core speed of 700 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR3 memory set to run at 900 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 96 Stream Processors, 16 Texture Address Units, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		60 Watts
GeForce GT 130		75 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) should be much faster than the GeForce GT 130 in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 MB/sec
	Difference: 16800 (140%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 130 is a bit (approximately 7%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GT 130		12000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 800 (7%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 130 is superior to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GT 130		8000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5200 (186%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure 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 graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its 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 - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.