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

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB, which comes with clock speeds of 750 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 160 SPUs as well as 8 Texture Address Units 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 1GB		55 Watts
	Difference: 24 Watts (77%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB should in theory be a lot faster than the Radeon HD 4650 1GB in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB		28800 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4650 1GB		22400 MB/sec
	Difference: 6400 (29%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4650 1GB should be quite a bit (approximately 220%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 4650 1GB should be much (approximately 60%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon HD 4650 1GB		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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one 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 calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.