Radeon HD 5750 512MB vs Radeon HD 6750 1GB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 6750 1GB, which features a core clock speed of 725 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 720 SPUs, 36 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon HD 5750 512MB should perform just a bit faster than the Radeon HD 6750 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 5750 512MB		73600 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6750 1GB		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 9600 (15%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6750 1GB will be just a bit (approximately 4%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB		26100 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		25200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 900 (4%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 6750 1GB is a better choice, though not by far. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB		11600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		11200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 400 (4%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. 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 is also dependant on many 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.