Radeon HD 4750 vs Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM), which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 800 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this specific card. It features 480 SPUs as well as 24 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		63 Watts
Radeon HD 4750		75 Watts
	Difference: 12 Watts (19%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) should in theory be a lot better than the Radeon HD 4750 overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		64000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4750		51200 MB/sec
	Difference: 12800 (25%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4750 is a lot (approximately 22%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon HD 4750		23360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		19200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4160 (22%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 4750 should be a lot (approximately 83%) more effective at AA than the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM), and able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon HD 4750		11680 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		6400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5280 (83%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.