Radeon HD 5750 512MB vs Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM), which has GPU core speed of 800 MHz, and 512 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 480 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		63 Watts
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		86 Watts
	Difference: 23 Watts (37%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 5750 512MB, in theory, should be a little bit faster than the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 5750 512MB		73600 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 9600 (15%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 5750 512MB will be quite a bit (approximately 31%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon HD 5750 512MB		25200 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		19200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6000 (31%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 5750 512MB is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon HD 5750 512MB		11200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		6400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4800 (75%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount 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 better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. 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 is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.