GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs Radeon HD 4350

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 4350, which uses a 55 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 575 MHz. The DDR2 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 500 MHz on this specific model. It features 80(16x5) SPUs as well as 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 9500 GT DDR2		50 Watts
	Difference: 28 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 should in theory be much superior to the Radeon HD 4350 overall. (explain)

GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		16000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4350		8000 MB/sec
	Difference: 8000 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 is quite a bit (approximately 91%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 4350. (explain)

GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		8800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		4600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4200 (91%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 is much (more or less 91%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon HD 4350, and capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce 9500 GT DDR2		4400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		2300 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2100 (91%)

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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units 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 also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.