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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 set the core frequency at 700 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a frequency of 900 MHz on this model. It features 96 SPUs as well as 16 TAUs and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 3650, which has GPU clock speed of 725 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR4 memory running at 800 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 120(24x5) SPUs, 8 TAUs, and 4 Raster Operation Units.
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
Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GT 430 should perform a small bit faster than the Radeon HD 3650 in general. (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 is quite a bit (approximately 93%) better 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
The Radeon HD 3650 should be a little bit (more or less 4%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 430, and capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of 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.
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