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GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 460 1GB

Intro

The GeForce GT 430 (OEM) has core speeds of 700 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 96 SPUs as well as 16 TAUs and 4 ROPs.

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 460 1GB, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 675 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 900 MHz on this model. It features 336 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM) 60 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 1GB 160 Watts
Difference: 100 Watts (167%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 460 1GB should be 300% faster than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB 115200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM) 28800 MB/sec
Difference: 86400 (300%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 1GB should be a lot (approximately 238%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB 37800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM) 11200 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 26600 (238%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 1GB is a lot (more or less 671%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and also will be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB 21600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM) 2800 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 18800 (671%)

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 430 (OEM) GeForce GTX 460 1GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year October 2010 July 2010
Code Name GF108 GF104
Memory 2048 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 700 MHz 675 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 3600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 60 watts 160 watts
Bandwidth 28800 MB/sec 115200 MB/sec
Texel Rate 11200 Mtexels/sec 37800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 2800 Mpixels/sec 21600 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 336
Texture Mapping Units 16 56
Render Output Units 4 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 40 nm
Transistors 585 million 1950 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out 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 DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce GT 430 (OEM)

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