GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon HD 5750 512MB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 5750 512MB, which uses a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 700 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1150 MHz on this particular card. It features 720(144x5) SPUs along with 36 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 5750 512MB		86 Watts
GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
	Difference: 34 Watts (40%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 960 should in theory be much better than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		73600 MB/sec
	Difference: 38400 (52%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 should be quite a bit (more or less 186%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		25200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 46928 (186%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		11200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24864 (222%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called 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 of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.