GeForce GT 450 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 1630

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1630, which features clock speeds of 1740 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 512 SPUs as well as 32 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1630		75 Watts
GeForce GT 450 (OEM)		106 Watts
	Difference: 31 Watts (41%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1630 should theoretically be just a bit superior to the GeForce GT 450 (OEM) overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
GeForce GT 450 (OEM)		96000 MB/sec
	Difference: 2304 (2%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 is much (more or less 194%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 450 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 450 (OEM)		18960 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 36720 (194%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 is a lot (more or less 47%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 450 (OEM), and capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 450 (OEM)		18960 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8880 (47%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant 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.