GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 970

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 970, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1050 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 1664 SPUs along with 104 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 970		145 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (142%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 970, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 195200 (678%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970 will be quite a bit (about 875%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 98000 (875%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 970 is superior to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 64400 (2300%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core 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 most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.