GeForce GTX 1650 vs Radeon HD 4550 256MB

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 4550 256MB, which features core clock speeds of 600 MHz on the GPU, and 800 MHz on the 256 MB of DDR3 memory. It features 80(16x5) SPUs as well as 8 TAUs and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4550 256MB		25 Watts
GeForce GTX 1650		75 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (200%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1650 should in theory be much superior to the Radeon HD 4550 256MB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		131072 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4550 256MB		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 118272 (924%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1650 is quite a bit (about 1633%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 4550 256MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		83160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4550 256MB		4800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 78360 (1633%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1650 is superior to the Radeon HD 4550 256MB, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1650		47520 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4550 256MB		2400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 45120 (1880%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill 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 reach the max fill rate.