GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 vs Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB, which features GPU core speed of 750 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 900 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also features 160 Stream Processors, 8 Texture Address Units, and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB		31 Watts
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5		70 Watts
	Difference: 39 Watts (126%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 is 89% faster than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5		54400 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 25600 (89%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 is much (more or less 193%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5		17600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB		6000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11600 (193%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 will be quite a bit (about 47%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB, and should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5		4400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB		3000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1400 (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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs 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 lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.