GeForce GTX 460 SE vs Radeon HD 4350

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 4350, which has a core clock frequency of 575 MHz and a DDR2 memory speed of 500 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit memory bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It is comprised of 80(16x5) SPUs, 8 TAUs, and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4350		22 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 SE		150 Watts
	Difference: 128 Watts (582%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 460 SE should be 1260% faster than the Radeon HD 4350 in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		108800 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4350		8000 MB/sec
	Difference: 100800 (1260%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 SE should be much (about 578%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 4350. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		4600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26600 (578%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 SE is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		20800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		2300 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18500 (804%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. 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 rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.