GeForce GTX 460 1GB vs Radeon HD 4350

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 4350, which uses a 55 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 575 MHz. The DDR2 memory works at a frequency of 500 MHz on this particular card. 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 1GB		160 Watts
	Difference: 138 Watts (627%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 460 1GB, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the Radeon HD 4350 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB		115200 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4350		8000 MB/sec
	Difference: 107200 (1340%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 1GB will be much (approximately 722%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 4350. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB		37800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		4600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 33200 (722%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 1GB will be quite a bit (approximately 839%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon HD 4350, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB		21600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		2300 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19300 (839%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.