GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs Radeon HD 7750

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 7750, which comes with a core clock frequency of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1125 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 512 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 7750		55 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 147 Watts (267%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should perform much faster than the Radeon HD 7750 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
Radeon HD 7750		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 39888 (55%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 will be a lot (approximately 62%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 7750. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7750		25600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15872 (62%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7750		12800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3328 (26%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.