GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs Radeon R9 M375X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 M375X, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1015 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1125 MHz on this specific card. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R9 M375X should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 43200 (150%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M375X should be quite a bit (approximately 263%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon R9 M375X		40600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29400 (263%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M375X should be much (more or less 480%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375X		16240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13440 (480%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as 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 reach the maximum fill rate.