GeForce GTX 860M vs Radeon HD 6770 1GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 6770 1GB, which features clock speeds of 900 MHz on the GPU, and 1050 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 800 SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 860M		45 Watts
Radeon HD 6770 1GB		108 Watts
	Difference: 63 Watts (140%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon HD 6770 1GB should in theory be a small bit better than the GeForce GTX 860M in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 6770 1GB		67200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 3200 (5%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 860M is a lot (approximately 113%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 6770 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 860M		76512 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6770 1GB		36000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 40512 (113%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6770 1GB is a small bit (approximately 13%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 860M, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon HD 6770 1GB		14400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		12752 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1648 (13%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, 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 write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.