Compare any two graphics cards:
Radeon HD 3870 1GB vs Radeon HD 5750 1GB
IntroThe Radeon HD 3870 1GB features a GPU core clock speed of 775 MHz, and the 1024 MB of GDDR4 memory runs at 1125 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 320(64x5) SPUs, 16 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 5750 1GB, which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 700 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1150 MHz on this particular card. It features 720(144x5) SPUs as well as 36 TAUs and 16 ROPs.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthIn theory, the Radeon HD 5750 1GB is 2% quicker than the Radeon HD 3870 1GB in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)
Texel RateThe Radeon HD 5750 1GB will be a lot (about 103%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 3870 1GB. (explain)
Pixel RateIf running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 3870 1GB is superior to the Radeon HD 5750 1GB, though not by far. (explain)
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
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though. Specifications
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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If 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, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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