GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon HD 5750 512MB

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 5750 512MB, which comes with a core clock frequency of 700 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1150 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It features 720(144x5) SPUs, 36 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		86 Watts
	Difference: 21 Watts (32%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 5750 512MB should theoretically be a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 960M in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 5750 512MB		73600 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 9600 (15%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M will be quite a bit (about 74%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		25200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18640 (74%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M will be quite a bit (more or less 57%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		11200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6336 (57%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.