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GeForce 9800 GT 1GB vs Radeon HD 6770 1GB

Intro

The GeForce 9800 GT 1GB comes with a core clock frequency of 600 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 65/55 nm design. It is made up of 112 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6770 1GB, which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 900 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1050 MHz on this specific model. It features 800 SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 105 Watts
Radeon HD 6770 1GB 108 Watts
Difference: 3 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 6770 1GB should in theory be a small bit superior to the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 6770 1GB 67200 MB/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 57600 MB/sec
Difference: 9600 (17%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6770 1GB is just a bit (about 7%) better at AF than the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB. (explain)

Radeon HD 6770 1GB 36000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 33600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 2400 (7%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 6770 1GB is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon HD 6770 1GB 14400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 9600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 4800 (50%)

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 GeForce 9800 GT 1GB Radeon HD 6770 1GB
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year July 2008 January 2011
Code Name G92a/b Juniper XT
Memory 1024 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 600 MHz 900 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 4200 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 105 watts 108 watts
Bandwidth 57600 MB/sec 67200 MB/sec
Texel Rate 33600 Mtexels/sec 36000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 9600 Mpixels/sec 14400 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 112 800
Texture Mapping Units 56 40
Render Output Units 16 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 65/55 nm 40 nm
Transistors 754 million 1040 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number 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 card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill 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 reach the max fill rate.

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