Radeon HD 5750 512MB vs Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB, which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 800 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this specific card. It features 480 SPUs as well as 24 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB		63 Watts
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		86 Watts
	Difference: 23 Watts (37%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon HD 5750 512MB should be 15% faster than the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon HD 5750 512MB		73600 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 9600 (15%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 5750 512MB is a lot (approximately 31%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB. (explain)

Radeon HD 5750 512MB		25200 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB		19200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6000 (31%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 5750 512MB will be a lot (approximately 75%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon HD 5750 512MB		11200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB		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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should 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 per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.