GeForce GTX 1630 vs Radeon R5 M230

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R5 M230, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 780 MHz. The DDR3 memory is set to run at a speed of 1000 MHz on this card. It features 320 SPUs along with 20 TAUs and 4 ROPs.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1630 should in theory be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R5 M230 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
Radeon R5 M230		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 82304 (514%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 will be much (about 257%) better at AF than the Radeon R5 M230. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R5 M230		15600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 40080 (257%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1630 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R5 M230		3120 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24720 (792%)

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 transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.