GeForce GT 430 vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications 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 features 1408 SPUs, 88 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5500 XT should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 430 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT is a lot (about 1249%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 430. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT is much (approximately 1862%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 430, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 430		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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.