GeForce GTS 150 vs Radeon HD 4670 1GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 4670 1GB, which has GPU clock speed of 750 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR4/GDDR3/DDR3/DDR2 memory running at 1100 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 320(64x5) Stream Processors, 32 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4670 1GB		70 Watts
GeForce GTS 150		141 Watts
	Difference: 71 Watts (101%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon HD 4670 1GB should perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GTS 150 in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 4670 1GB		35200 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 150		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 3200 (10%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTS 150 will be quite a bit (about 97%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 4670 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTS 150		47360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4670 1GB		24000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 23360 (97%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTS 150 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTS 150		11840 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4670 1GB		6000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5840 (97%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could 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 the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.