GeForce GT 430 vs Radeon HD 4350

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 4350, which features core speeds of 575 MHz on the GPU, and 500 MHz on the 512 MB of DDR2 RAM. It features 80(16x5) SPUs as well as 8 TAUs and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4350		22 Watts
GeForce GT 430		60 Watts
	Difference: 38 Watts (173%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GT 430 will be 260% faster than the Radeon HD 4350 in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GT 430		28800 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4350		8000 MB/sec
	Difference: 20800 (260%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 430 should be a lot (about 143%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 4350. (explain)

GeForce GT 430		11200 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		4600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6600 (143%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 430 is quite a bit (about 22%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 4350, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GT 430		2800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		2300 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 500 (22%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.