GeForce GTX 1630 vs Radeon R7 240

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 240, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 730 MHz. The DDR3 memory is set to run at a speed of 900 MHz on this specific card. It features 320 SPUs as well as 20 Texture Address Units and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
GeForce GTX 1630		75 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1630 should in theory be quite a bit better than the Radeon R7 240 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 69504 (241%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 should be much (more or less 281%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 41080 (281%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1630 is superior to the Radeon R7 240, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22000 (377%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.