GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM), which has a GPU core clock speed of 625 MHz, and 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM running at 800 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also features 160 SPUs, 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 1.5GB		84 Watts
	Difference: 53 Watts (171%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB will be 200% quicker than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 25600 (200%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB is quite a bit (about 428%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)		5000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 21400 (428%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB should be a lot (more or less 164%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM), and able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM)		2500 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4100 (164%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.