GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon HD 4350

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 4350, which comes with core speeds of 575 MHz on the GPU, and 500 MHz on the 512 MB of DDR2 memory. It features 80(16x5) SPUs along with 8 TAUs and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4350		22 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 128 Watts (582%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 560 should in theory perform a lot faster than the Radeon HD 4350 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4350		8000 MB/sec
	Difference: 120128 (1502%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 will be much (approximately 886%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 4350. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		4600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 40760 (886%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 should be much (more or less 1027%) better at FSAA than the Radeon HD 4350, and capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		2300 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23620 (1027%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. 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 ability to get to the max fill rate.