GeForce GTS 250 1GB vs Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB, which has a core clock speed of 750 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also features a 64-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 160 SPUs, 8 TAUs, and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB		31 Watts
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		145 Watts
	Difference: 114 Watts (368%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTS 250 1GB will be 144% faster than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 1GB		70400 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 41600 (144%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTS 250 1GB is a lot (about 687%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 1GB		47232 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB		6000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 41232 (687%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTS 250 1GB is superior to the Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 1GB		11808 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6450 (OEM) 1GB		3000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8808 (294%)

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 moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high 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 number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount 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 also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.