GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GT 430 1GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GT 430 1GB, which features GPU core speed of 700 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR3 RAM running at 900 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 96 Stream Processors, 16 Texture Address Units, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GT 430 1GB		60 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GT 1030 should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce GT 430 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 20352 (71%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is quite a bit (more or less 261%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29280 (261%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 will be quite a bit (approximately 623%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 430 1GB, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17440 (623%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in 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, 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. 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 maximum fill rate.