GeForce GTX 1630 vs GeForce GTX 480

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 480, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 700 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 924 MHz on this particular card. It features 480 SPUs as well as 60 Texture Address Units and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1630		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 480		250 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 480 should be 80% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1630 in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		177408 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
	Difference: 79104 (80%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 should be much (approximately 33%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 480. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		42000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 13680 (33%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 480 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		33600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5760 (21%)

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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher 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 applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. 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 fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.