GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon HD 6750

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 6750, which has GPU core speed of 725 MHz, and 512 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 720 Stream Processors, 36 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6750		86 Watts
GeForce GTX 970		145 Watts
	Difference: 59 Watts (69%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 970 should be 250% faster than the Radeon HD 6750 overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6750		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 160000 (250%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970 should be quite a bit (approximately 318%) more effective at AF than the Radeon HD 6750. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6750		26100 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 83100 (318%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 970 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6750		11600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 55600 (479%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.