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GeForce GT 220 GDDR3 vs GeForce GT 430

Intro

The GeForce GT 220 GDDR3 comes with a GPU core speed of 625 MHz, and the 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM is set to run at 1012 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 48 SPUs, 16 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.

Compare all of that to the GeForce GT 430, which comes with core clock speeds of 700 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 96 SPUs along with 16 Texture Address Units and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 220 GDDR3 58 Watts
GeForce GT 430 60 Watts
Difference: 2 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GT 220 GDDR3 should be a bit faster than the GeForce GT 430 in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 220 GDDR3 32384 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 28800 MB/sec
Difference: 3584 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 430 should be a little bit (more or less 12%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 220 GDDR3. (explain)

GeForce GT 430 11200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 220 GDDR3 10000 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 1200 (12%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GT 220 GDDR3 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GT 220 GDDR3 5000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 2800 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 2200 (79%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 220 GDDR3 GeForce GT 430
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year October 2009 October 2010
Code Name GT216 GF108
Memory 512 MB 512 MB
Core Speed 625 MHz 700 MHz
Memory Speed 2024 MHz 1800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 58 watts 60 watts
Bandwidth 32384 MB/sec 28800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 10000 Mtexels/sec 11200 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 5000 Mpixels/sec 2800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 48 96
Texture Mapping Units 16 16
Render Output Units 8 4
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 40 nm
Transistors 486 million 585 million
Bus PCIe 2.0 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.2 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's 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 number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called 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, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce GT 220 GDDR3

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