GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Radeon HD 6750

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 6750, which comes with core clock speeds of 725 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 720 SPUs along with 36 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6750		86 Watts
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
	Difference: 9 Watts (10%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 6750, in theory, should be just a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750		64000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 6400 (11%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6750 will be quite a bit (more or less 25%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750		26100 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5300 (25%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6750 should be a bit (more or less 12%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and also able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750		11600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1200 (12%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output 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 maximum fill rate.