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GeForce GT 430 1GB vs Radeon HD 3650 512MB
IntroThe GeForce GT 430 1GB features a core clock speed of 700 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 96 SPUs, 16 TAUs, and 4 ROPs.Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 3650 512MB, which uses a 55 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 725 MHz. The GDDR3 memory works at a frequency of 800 MHz on this specific card. It features 120(24x5) SPUs along with 8 Texture Address Units and 4 ROPs.
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Memory BandwidthIn theory, the GeForce GT 430 1GB should be a small bit faster than the Radeon HD 3650 512MB overall. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce GT 430 1GB should be quite a bit (about 93%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 3650 512MB. (explain)
Pixel RateThe Radeon HD 3650 512MB is a little bit (more or less 4%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GT 430 1GB, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)
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
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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 applied in one second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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