GeForce GT 130 vs Radeon R5 M330

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R5 M330, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1030 MHz. The DDR3 memory is set to run at a frequency of 900 MHz on this particular model. It features 320 SPUs as well as 20 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R5 M330 should perform just a bit faster than the GeForce GT 130 overall. (explain)

Radeon R5 M330		14400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 MB/sec
	Difference: 2400 (20%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R5 M330 is a lot (about 72%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 130. (explain)

Radeon R5 M330		20600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8600 (72%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R5 M330 will be a bit (more or less 3%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GT 130, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R5 M330		8240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 130		8000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 240 (3%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it must 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 higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.