Radeon HD 4830 512MB vs Radeon HD 6750

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6750, which features GPU clock speed of 725 MHz, and 512 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 720 SPUs, 36 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 6750		86 Watts
Radeon HD 4830 512MB		95 Watts
	Difference: 9 Watts (10%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 6750 should theoretically perform a little bit faster than the Radeon HD 4830 512MB overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750		64000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4830 512MB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 6400 (11%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6750 is quite a bit (more or less 42%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 4830 512MB. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750		26100 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4830 512MB		18400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 7700 (42%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6750 is a lot (approximately 26%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 4830 512MB, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750		11600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4830 512MB		9200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2400 (26%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the 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 per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total 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 applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.