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Radeon HD 3850 256MB vs Radeon HD 6750 1GB

Intro

The Radeon HD 3850 256MB uses a 55 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 668 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a frequency of 828 MHz on this specific card. It features 320(64x5) SPUs along with 16 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare that to the Radeon HD 6750 1GB, which comes with GPU core speed of 725 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 720 SPUs, 36 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 3850 256MB 75 Watts
Radeon HD 6750 1GB 86 Watts
Difference: 11 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon HD 6750 1GB should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon HD 3850 256MB overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB 64000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 3850 256MB 52992 MB/sec
Difference: 11008 (21%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6750 1GB will be a lot (more or less 144%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 3850 256MB. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB 26100 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 3850 256MB 10688 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 15412 (144%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon HD 6750 1GB is a better choice, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB 11600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 3850 256MB 10688 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 912 (9%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model Radeon HD 3850 256MB Radeon HD 6750 1GB
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year Nov 19, 2007 January 2011
Code Name RV670 PRO Juniper Pro
Memory 256 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 668 MHz 725 MHz
Memory Speed 1656 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 75 watts 86 watts
Bandwidth 52992 MB/sec 64000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 10688 Mtexels/sec 26100 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10688 Mpixels/sec 11600 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 320(64x5) 720
Texture Mapping Units 16 36
Render Output Units 16 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 40 nm
Transistors (Unknown) million 1040 million
Bus PCIe 2.0 x16/AGP 8x PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher 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 number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of 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.

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