GeForce GT 430 vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1717 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 1408 Stream Processors, 88 TAUs, 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

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5500 XT should be 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 will be quite a bit (approximately 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 quite a bit (more or less 1862%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 430, and also capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video 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 maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.