GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM), which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 625 MHz. The GDDR3 memory works at a speed of 800 MHz on this model. It features 160 SPUs along with 8 TAUs and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)		31 Watts
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
	Difference: 64 Watts (206%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB should theoretically perform much faster than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) overall. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 44800 (350%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB is much (more or less 316%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)		5000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15800 (316%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB should be much (approximately 316%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM), and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one 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 video card will be at 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 that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.