Radeon HD 3850 256MB vs Radeon HD 6750 1GB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6750 1GB, which features GPU core speed of 725 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 720 Stream Processors, 36 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 3850 256MB		75 Watts
Radeon HD 6750 1GB		86 Watts
	Difference: 11 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon HD 6750 1GB should be 21% quicker than the Radeon HD 3850 256MB in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB		64000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 3850 256MB		52992 MB/sec
	Difference: 11008 (21%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6750 1GB should be a lot (more or less 144%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon HD 3850 256MB. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB		26100 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 3850 256MB		10688 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15412 (144%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6750 1GB should be a small bit (about 9%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon HD 3850 256MB, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon HD 6750 1GB		11600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 3850 256MB		10688 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 912 (9%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.