GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GT 1030, which has GPU clock speed of 1265 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1502 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		40 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GT 1030 will be 668% faster than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM) in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		6400 MB/sec
	Difference: 42752 (668%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be much (approximately 2149%) better at AF than the GeForce 8300 GS (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		1800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 38680 (2149%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8300 GS (OEM)		900 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19340 (2149%)

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 max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 fill 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.