GeForce GT 130 vs Radeon R5 M330

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R5 M330, which features GPU clock speed of 1030 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM running at 900 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also features 320 Stream Processors, 20 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R5 M330 should in theory be a little bit superior to the GeForce GT 130 in general. (explain)

Radeon R5 M330		14400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 MB/sec
	Difference: 2400 (20%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R5 M330 is much (approximately 72%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 130. (explain)

Radeon R5 M330		20600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8600 (72%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R5 M330 is a better choice, but not by far. (explain)

Radeon R5 M330		8240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 130		8000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 240 (3%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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 fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.