GeForce GTX 965M vs Radeon HD 4350

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 4350, which has a GPU core clock speed of 575 MHz, and 512 MB of DDR2 memory running at 500 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also features 80(16x5) Stream Processors, 8 Texture Address Units, 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 965M		60 Watts
	Difference: 38 Watts (173%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 965M should theoretically be a lot better than the Radeon HD 4350 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4350		8000 MB/sec
	Difference: 56000 (700%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M will be a lot (approximately 1213%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 4350. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		4600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 55816 (1213%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M should be quite a bit (approximately 1213%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 4350, and also capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4350		2300 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27908 (1213%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.