GeForce 810M vs GeForce GT 430

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 430, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 700 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a frequency of 900 MHz on this particular model. It features 96 SPUs along with 16 TAUs and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 810M		15 Watts
GeForce GT 430		60 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (300%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GT 430 should be much faster than the GeForce 810M overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 430		28800 MB/sec
GeForce 810M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 14400 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 430 will be a lot (more or less 90%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 810M. (explain)

GeForce GT 430		11200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 810M		5904 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5296 (90%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 810M is a bit (about 5%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GT 430, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce 810M		2952 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 152 (5%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, 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 is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.