GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs Radeon R9 M295X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M295X, which comes with core speeds of 750 MHz on the GPU, and 1375 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		60 Watts
Radeon R9 M295X		125 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 M295X should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		176000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 147200 (511%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M295X is much (about 757%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		96000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 84800 (757%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 M295X is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		24000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21200 (757%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.