GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 vs Radeon R7 240

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 240, which features a clock speed of 730 MHz and a DDR3 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 320 SPUs, 20 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		84 Watts
	Difference: 54 Watts (180%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R7 240 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 12800 (80%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 should be much (about 81%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		26400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11800 (81%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 is superior to the Radeon R7 240, though only just barely. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		6600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 760 (13%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.