GeForce GT 430 vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which features a core clock frequency of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1400 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430		60 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (83%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R7 370 2G should be 522% faster than the GeForce GT 430 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 150400 (522%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G should be quite a bit (approximately 457%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 51200 (457%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 2G is superior to the GeForce GT 430, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28400 (1014%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs 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 rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.