Compare any two graphics cards:
GeForce 9400 GT 256MB vs Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB
IntroThe GeForce 9400 GT 256MB makes use of a 65 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 550 MHz. The GDDR2 RAM is set to run at a speed of 400 MHz on this specific model. It features 16 SPUs as well as 8 Texture Address Units and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare that to the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB, which features core speeds of 800 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 480 SPUs along with 24 Texture Address Units and 8 ROPs.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthThe Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce 9400 GT 256MB in general. (explain)
Texel RateThe Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB will be much (approximately 336%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9400 GT 256MB. (explain)
Pixel RateThe Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB is a lot (more or less 191%) better at AA than the GeForce 9400 GT 256MB, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)
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
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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at 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 the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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