GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 vs Radeon HD 6750 1GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6750 1GB, which uses a 40 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 725 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this specific model. It features 720 SPUs as well as 36 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		84 Watts
Radeon HD 6750 1GB		86 Watts
	Difference: 2 Watts (2%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon HD 6750 1GB should be 300% faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB		64000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 48000 (300%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 is just a bit (more or less 1%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 6750 1GB. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		26400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6750 1GB		26100 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 300 (1%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6750 1GB is much (approximately 76%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512, and also able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB		11600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5000 (76%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of 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 handling 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 in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 output rate is also dependant 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 get to the max fill rate.