GeForce GTX 460 2GB vs Radeon HD 4350

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 4350, which comes with clock speeds of 575 MHz on the GPU, and 500 MHz on the 512 MB of DDR2 RAM. It features 80(16x5) SPUs along with 8 TAUs 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 2GB		160 Watts
	Difference: 138 Watts (627%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 460 2GB, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the Radeon HD 4350 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB		115200 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4350		8000 MB/sec
	Difference: 107200 (1340%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 2GB is quite a bit (about 722%) more effective at AF than the Radeon HD 4350. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB		37800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		4600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 33200 (722%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 2GB is a lot (more or less 839%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 4350, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB		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 max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 calculated by multiplying the total amount of 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. 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.