Radeon HD 6750 1GB vs Radeon HD 6770

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6770, which has a clock frequency of 900 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1050 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 800 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

(No game benchmarks for this combination yet.)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB		86 Watts
Radeon HD 6770		108 Watts
	Difference: 22 Watts (26%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon HD 6770 should theoretically be just a bit better than the Radeon HD 6750 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 6770		67200 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6750 1GB		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 3200 (5%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6770 should be quite a bit (approximately 38%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 6750 1GB. (explain)

Radeon HD 6770		36000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6750 1GB		26100 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9900 (38%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6770 is much (about 24%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 6750 1GB, and also able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon HD 6770		14400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6750 1GB		11600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2800 (24%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one 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 number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.