GeForce GTX 650 vs Radeon HD 6770 1GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6770 1GB, which features a GPU core clock speed of 900 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1050 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 800 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650		64 Watts
Radeon HD 6770 1GB		108 Watts
	Difference: 44 Watts (69%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 650 should perform a bit faster than the Radeon HD 6770 1GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650		80000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6770 1GB		67200 MB/sec
	Difference: 12800 (19%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6770 1GB will be a bit (approximately 6%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)

Radeon HD 6770 1GB		36000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		33856 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2144 (6%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 will be just a bit (approximately 18%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 6770 1GB, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650		16928 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6770 1GB		14400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2528 (18%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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 bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.