GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon HD 4350

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 4350, which comes with a core clock frequency of 575 MHz and a DDR2 memory frequency of 500 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It features 80(16x5) SPUs, 8 TAUs, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4350		22 Watts
GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
	Difference: 43 Watts (195%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 960M should perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon HD 4350 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4350		8000 MB/sec
	Difference: 56000 (700%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M is much (more or less 853%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 4350. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		4600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 39240 (853%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960M is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		2300 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15236 (662%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as 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 potential to reach the max fill rate.