GeForce GT 430 1GB vs GeForce GTX Titan Black

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX Titan Black, which comes with a clock frequency of 889 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 2880 SPUs, 240 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 1GB		60 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 190 Watts (317%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX Titan Black will be 1067% quicker than the GeForce GT 430 1GB overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 307200 (1067%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black will be much (about 1805%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 430 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 202160 (1805%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan Black is superior to the GeForce GT 430 1GB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 39872 (1424%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card 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 colour ROPs by the the core 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 also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.