GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM), which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 625 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM works at a speed of 800 MHz on this specific model. It features 160 SPUs as well as 8 TAUs and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)		31 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		90 Watts
	Difference: 59 Watts (190%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should be 350% quicker than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		57600 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 44800 (350%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should be a lot (about 524%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		31200 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)		5000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26200 (524%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB will be quite a bit (about 316%) more effective at AA than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM), and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)		2500 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7900 (316%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 calculated by multiplying the total number 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. 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 rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.