GeForce GTX 460 SE vs Radeon HD 5750 512MB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 5750 512MB, which has clock speeds of 700 MHz on the GPU, and 1150 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 720(144x5) SPUs along with 36 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 5750 512MB		86 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 SE		150 Watts
	Difference: 64 Watts (74%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 460 SE should perform a lot faster than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		108800 MB/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		73600 MB/sec
	Difference: 35200 (48%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 SE will be a lot (more or less 24%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		25200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6000 (24%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 SE is much (approximately 86%) better at AA than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		20800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		11200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9600 (86%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.