Radeon HD 4670 512MB vs Radeon HD 7750

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 7750, which comes with core speeds of 800 MHz on the GPU, and 1125 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 512 SPUs as well as 32 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 7750		55 Watts
Radeon HD 4670 512MB		70 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (27%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 7750, in theory, should perform much faster than the Radeon HD 4670 512MB in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 7750		72000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4670 512MB		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 40000 (125%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 7750 will be a little bit (about 7%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 4670 512MB. (explain)

Radeon HD 7750		25600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4670 512MB		24000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 1600 (7%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon HD 7750 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon HD 7750		12800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4670 512MB		6000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6800 (113%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.