GeForce GT 430 1GB vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1717 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 1408 SPUs, 88 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 430 1GB		60 Watts
Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (117%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5500 XT should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 430 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 200576 (696%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT should be quite a bit (more or less 1249%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 430 1GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		11200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 139896 (1249%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT will be a lot (more or less 1862%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GT 430 1GB, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430 1GB		2800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 52144 (1862%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes 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, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.