Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB vs Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM), which has a core clock speed of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 480 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		63 Watts
Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB		250 Watts
	Difference: 187 Watts (297%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB		127104 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 63104 (99%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB will be quite a bit (more or less 160%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB		50000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		19200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30800 (160%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB is a lot (more or less 213%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM), and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB		20000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		6400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13600 (213%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.