GeForce GT 340 vs Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB, which features a clock frequency of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 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) 1GB		63 Watts
GeForce GT 340		69 Watts
	Difference: 6 Watts (10%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB should theoretically be a small bit superior to the GeForce GT 340 overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB		64000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 340		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 9600 (18%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB should be just a bit (approximately 9%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 340. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB		19200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 340		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 1600 (9%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB will be much (about 45%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GT 340, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB		6400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 340		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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.