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GeForce GT 430 vs Radeon HD 3650
Intro
The GeForce GT 430 has a core clock frequency of 700 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 96 SPUs, 16 Texture Address Units, and 4 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 3650, which has GPU core speed of 725 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR4 RAM running at 800 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 120(24x5) SPUs, 8 TAUs, and 4 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GT 430 |
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60 Watts |
| Radeon HD 3650 |
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78 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Performance-wise, the GeForce GT 430 should in theory be just a bit better than the Radeon HD 3650 in general. (explain)
| GeForce GT 430 |
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28800 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 3650 |
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25600 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GT 430 will be quite a bit (about 93%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 3650. (explain)| GeForce GT 430 |
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11200 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 3650 |
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5800 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 3650 is superior to the GeForce GT 430, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)| Radeon HD 3650 |
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2900 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GT 430 |
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2800 Mpixels/sec |
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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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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GT 430 | Radeon HD 3650 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | October 2010 | 2008 |
| Code Name | GF108 | RV635 PRO |
| Memory | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 700 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 60 watts | 78 watts |
| Bandwidth | 28800 MB/sec | 25600 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 11200 Mtexels/sec | 5800 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 2800 Mpixels/sec | 2900 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 96 | 120(24x5) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 16 | 8 |
| Render Output Units | 4 | 4 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR4 |
| Bus Width | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Transistors | 585 million | (Unknown) million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16/AGP 8x |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenGL 3.0 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 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 anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number 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 graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
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