GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)

Intro

Compare those specs 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 uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 480 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		63 Watts
	Difference: 13 Watts (26%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) should in theory be much faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		64000 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 38400 (150%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) will be a lot (about 118%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		19200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10400 (118%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) will be a lot (more or less 45%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		6400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2000 (45%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.