Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB vs Radeon HD 7750

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 7750, which features a clock frequency of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1125 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 512 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB		31 Watts
Radeon HD 7750		55 Watts
	Difference: 24 Watts (77%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 7750 should theoretically be a lot better than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 7750		72000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 43200 (150%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 7750 is a lot (about 327%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB. (explain)

Radeon HD 7750		25600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB		6000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19600 (327%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon HD 7750 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon HD 7750		12800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB		3000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9800 (327%)

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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once 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 anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.