GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 260X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1100 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1625 MHz on this specific model. It features 896 SPUs along with 56 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		50 Watts
Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (130%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 260X should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 78400 (306%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X should be a lot (more or less 600%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 52800 (600%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R7 260X is superior to the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3, by far. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13200 (300%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus 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 higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.