Radeon HD 4650 512MB vs Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB, which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 750 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 900 MHz on this specific 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) 1GB		31 Watts
Radeon HD 4650 512MB		55 Watts
	Difference: 24 Watts (77%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB should in theory be a lot better than the Radeon HD 4650 512MB overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB		28800 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4650 512MB		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 12800 (80%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4650 512MB is quite a bit (more or less 220%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB. (explain)

Radeon HD 4650 512MB		19200 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB		6000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 13200 (220%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 4650 512MB will be a lot (more or less 60%) better at FSAA than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon HD 4650 512MB		4800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB		3000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1800 (60%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can 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 colour ROPs by the clock 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 output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.