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GeForce GT 430 vs Radeon HD 3650
Intro
The GeForce GT 430 makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 700 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM runs at a frequency of 900 MHz on this particular card. It features 96 SPUs along with 16 TAUs and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare that to the Radeon HD 3650, which makes use of a 55 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 725 MHz. The GDDR4 RAM works at a frequency of 800 MHz on this particular card. It features 120(24x5) SPUs as well as 8 Texture Address Units and 4 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GT 430 |
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60 Watts |
| Radeon HD 3650 |
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78 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
As far as performance goes, the GeForce GT 430 should theoretically be a bit superior to the Radeon HD 3650 overall. (explain)
| GeForce GT 430 |
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28800 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 3650 |
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25600 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GT 430 should be quite a bit (more or less 93%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 3650. (explain)| GeForce GT 430 |
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11200 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 3650 |
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5800 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 3650 is a better choice, though only just barely. (explain)| Radeon HD 3650 |
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2900 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GT 430 |
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2800 Mpixels/sec |
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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
| Model | GeForce GT 430 | Radeon HD 3650 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | October 2010 | 2008 |
| Code Name | GF108 | RV635 PRO |
| Memory | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 700 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 60 watts | 78 watts |
| Bandwidth | 28800 MB/sec | 25600 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 11200 Mtexels/sec | 5800 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 2800 Mpixels/sec | 2900 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 96 | 120(24x5) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 16 | 8 |
| Render Output Units | 4 | 4 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR4 |
| Bus Width | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Transistors | 585 million | (Unknown) million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16/AGP 8x |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenGL 3.0 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.
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