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

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM), which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 800 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this model. It features 480 SPUs as well as 24 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		63 Watts
Radeon HD 4850 512MB		110 Watts
	Difference: 47 Watts (75%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) should be 1% faster than the Radeon HD 4850 512MB in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		64000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4850 512MB		63552 MB/sec
	Difference: 448 (1%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4850 512MB is quite a bit (approximately 30%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon HD 4850 512MB		25000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		19200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5800 (30%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 4850 512MB should be quite a bit (about 56%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM), and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon HD 4850 512MB		10000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		6400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3600 (56%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 applied per second.

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