GeForce GT 430 (OEM) vs Radeon R9 M395X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M395X, which has core speeds of 723 MHz on the GPU, and 1250 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		60 Watts
Radeon R9 M395X		125 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 M395X should be 456% quicker than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R9 M395X		160000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 131200 (456%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M395X will be quite a bit (approximately 726%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon R9 M395X		92544 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 81344 (726%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M395X is much (about 726%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R9 M395X		23136 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20336 (726%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.