GeForce GTS 250 512MB vs Radeon HD 7750

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 7750, which features GPU clock speed of 800 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 512 Stream Processors, 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 GTS 250 512MB		145 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (164%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon HD 7750 should be 2% faster than the GeForce GTS 250 512MB in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon HD 7750		72000 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 250 512MB		70400 MB/sec
	Difference: 1600 (2%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTS 250 512MB is a lot (approximately 85%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 7750. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 512MB		47232 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7750		25600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 21632 (85%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 7750 is a small bit (more or less 8%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTS 250 512MB, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon HD 7750		12800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 250 512MB		11808 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 992 (8%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once 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 higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.