GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs Radeon R7 M260X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 M260X, which has a core clock speed of 825 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R7 M260X should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X		64000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 35200 (122%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M260X will be quite a bit (more or less 77%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X		19800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8600 (77%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 M260X should be much (more or less 136%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X		6600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3800 (136%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units 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 fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.