GeForce 9600 GT 512MB vs Radeon HD 6750 1GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 6750 1GB, which has GPU core speed of 725 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 720 SPUs, 36 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB		86 Watts
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		95 Watts
	Difference: 9 Watts (10%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon HD 6750 1GB should perform a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB		64000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 6400 (11%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6750 1GB will be a lot (approximately 25%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB		26100 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5300 (25%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6750 1GB should be a bit (more or less 12%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB		11600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1200 (12%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 can be applied per second. This is calculated 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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 - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.