Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB vs Radeon R9 M275X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M275X, which has GPU core speed of 900 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 640 SPUs, 40 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

In theory, the Radeon R9 M275X should be a little bit faster than the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 M275X		72000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 8000 (13%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M275X is much (about 131%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M275X		36000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB		15600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20400 (131%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M275X is quite a bit (about 177%) better at AA than the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R9 M275X		14400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB		5200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9200 (177%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.