GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs Radeon HD 4350

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 4350, which uses a 55 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 575 MHz. The DDR2 RAM runs at a frequency of 500 MHz on this particular card. 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 9500 GT DDR2		50 Watts
	Difference: 28 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the Radeon HD 4350 in general. (explain)

GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		16000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4350		8000 MB/sec
	Difference: 8000 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 will be quite a bit (approximately 91%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 4350. (explain)

GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		8800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		4600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4200 (91%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 is quite a bit (more or less 91%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 4350, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		4400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		2300 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2100 (91%)

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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.