GeForce 9800 GT 512MB vs Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB, which features GPU clock speed of 650 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR3 RAM running at 900 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 480 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB		50 Watts
GeForce 9800 GT 512MB		105 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (110%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 9800 GT 512MB should theoretically perform much faster than the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 28800 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GT 512MB is quite a bit (about 115%) more effective at AF than the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB		15600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18000 (115%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GT 512MB is quite a bit (about 85%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GT 512MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB		5200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4400 (85%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number 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 video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. 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 ability to get to the maximum fill rate.