Radeon HD 4850 512MB vs Radeon HD 5750 1GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 5750 1GB, which features clock speeds of 700 MHz on the GPU, and 1150 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 720(144x5) SPUs along with 36 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 5750 1GB		86 Watts
Radeon HD 4850 512MB		110 Watts
	Difference: 24 Watts (28%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon HD 5750 1GB should be a little bit faster than the Radeon HD 4850 512MB overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 5750 1GB		73600 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4850 512MB		63552 MB/sec
	Difference: 10048 (16%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 5750 1GB is a little bit (about 1%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 4850 512MB. (explain)

Radeon HD 5750 1GB		25200 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4850 512MB		25000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 200 (1%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon HD 5750 1GB is superior to the Radeon HD 4850 512MB, not by a very large margin though. (explain)

Radeon HD 5750 1GB		11200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4850 512MB		10000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1200 (12%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many 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.