Radeon HD 6750 1GB vs Radeon HD 7770

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 7770, which has clock speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1125 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 7770		80 Watts
Radeon HD 6750 1GB		86 Watts
	Difference: 6 Watts (8%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon HD 7770 should theoretically be a bit better than the Radeon HD 6750 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 7770		72000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6750 1GB		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 8000 (13%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 7770 is quite a bit (approximately 53%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 6750 1GB. (explain)

Radeon HD 7770		40000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6750 1GB		26100 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 13900 (53%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 7770 should be much (approximately 38%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon HD 6750 1GB, and capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon HD 7770		16000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6750 1GB		11600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4400 (38%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs 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 output rate also depends on lots of 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.