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

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB, which has core speeds of 800 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 480 SPUs as well as 24 Texture Address Units and 8 Rasterization Operator 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

The Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB should theoretically be a little bit faster than the GeForce GT 340 in general. (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 is a bit (approximately 9%) better at AF 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

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 1GB is the winner, by a large margin. (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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.