Radeon HD 5750 512MB vs Radeon HD 6750

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6750, which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 725 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1000 MHz on this specific card. It features 720 SPUs as well as 36 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 5750 512MB should perform a little bit faster than the Radeon HD 6750 overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 5750 512MB		73600 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6750		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 9600 (15%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6750 should be a small bit (approximately 4%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750		26100 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		25200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 900 (4%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 6750 is superior to the Radeon HD 5750 512MB, though not by far. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750		11600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		11200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 400 (4%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output 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 ability to get to the max fill rate.