Radeon HD 5750 1GB vs Radeon HD 7770

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 7770, which comes with GPU core speed of 1000 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 7770		80 Watts
Radeon HD 5750 1GB		86 Watts
	Difference: 6 Watts (8%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 5750 1GB should theoretically be just a bit better than the Radeon HD 7770 overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 5750 1GB		73600 MB/sec
Radeon HD 7770		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 1600 (2%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 7770 is a lot (more or less 59%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 5750 1GB. (explain)

Radeon HD 7770		40000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 1GB		25200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14800 (59%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon HD 7770 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon HD 7770		16000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 1GB		11200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4800 (43%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of 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 the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.