GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon HD 6750 1GB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6750 1GB, which uses a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 725 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this specific model. It features 720 SPUs along with 36 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
Radeon HD 6750 1GB		86 Watts
	Difference: 2 Watts (2%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 6750 1GB should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB		64000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 25600 (67%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB is just a bit (approximately 1%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 6750 1GB. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6750 1GB		26100 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 300 (1%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 6750 1GB is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB		11600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5000 (76%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.