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GeForce 8800 GT 512MB vs Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GT 512MB makes use of a 65 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 600 MHz. The GDDR3 memory works at a speed of 900 MHz on this particular model. It features 112 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB, which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 650 MHz. The GDDR3 memory is set to run at a frequency of 900 MHz on this card. It features 480 SPUs along with 24 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB 50 Watts
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 105 Watts
Difference: 55 Watts (110%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB should be much faster than the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 57600 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB 28800 MB/sec
Difference: 28800 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 512MB is quite a bit (more or less 115%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 33600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB 15600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 18000 (115%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce 8800 GT 512MB is superior to the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 9600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB 5200 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 4400 (85%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8800 GT 512MB Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year Oct 2007 February 2011
Code Name G92 Turks
Memory 512 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 600 MHz 650 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 105 watts 50 watts
Bandwidth 57600 MB/sec 28800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 33600 Mtexels/sec 15600 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 9600 Mpixels/sec 5200 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 112 480
Texture Mapping Units 56 24
Render Output Units 16 8
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 256-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 40 nm
Transistors 754 million 715 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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