GeForce 8800 GT 1GB vs Radeon HD 4350

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 4350, which features a clock speed of 575 MHz and a DDR2 memory speed of 500 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit bus, and makes use of a 55 nm design. It is comprised of 80(16x5) SPUs, 8 TAUs, and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4350		22 Watts
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		105 Watts
	Difference: 83 Watts (377%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB should perform much faster than the Radeon HD 4350 in general. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4350		8000 MB/sec
	Difference: 49600 (620%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 1GB is quite a bit (more or less 630%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 4350. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		33600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		4600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29000 (630%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		9600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		2300 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7300 (317%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.