Radeon HD 5750 1GB vs Radeon R9 M270X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 M270X, which has GPU clock speed of 725 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon HD 5750 1GB should in theory be a bit better than the Radeon R9 M270X in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 5750 1GB		73600 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M270X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 1600 (2%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M270X will be just a bit (more or less 15%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 5750 1GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M270X		29000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 1GB		25200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 3800 (15%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R9 M270X is a better choice, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

Radeon R9 M270X		11600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 1GB		11200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 400 (4%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher 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 can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.