GeForce GTX 460 SE vs Radeon HD 4350

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 4350, which features clock speeds of 575 MHz on the GPU, and 500 MHz on the 512 MB of DDR2 memory. It features 80(16x5) SPUs along with 8 Texture Address Units and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 460 SE should in theory be quite a bit superior to the Radeon HD 4350 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 SE will be much (approximately 578%) better at anisotropic 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

The GeForce GTX 460 SE will be a lot (more or less 804%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 4350, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.