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GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs Radeon HD 5670
Intro
The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB has core speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 96 SPUs along with 48 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare all that to the Radeon HD 5670, which has core speeds of 775 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 400(80x5) SPUs as well as 20 Texture Address Units and 8 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 5670 |
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61 Watts |
| GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB |
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90 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The Radeon HD 5670 should in theory perform just a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB in general. (explain)
| Radeon HD 5670 |
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64000 MB/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB |
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57600 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB will be quite a bit (approximately 101%) more effective at AF than the Radeon HD 5670. (explain)| GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB |
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31200 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 5670 |
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15500 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should be much (approximately 68%) more effective at AA than the Radeon HD 5670, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)| GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB |
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10400 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 5670 |
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6200 Mpixels/sec |
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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
Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords, and might not be the exact same card listed on this page. We have no control over the accuracy of their search results.
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MBAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 5670Amazon.com
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB | Radeon HD 5670 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | ATi |
| Year | October 2008 | January 14, 2010 |
| Code Name | G94a/b | Redwood XT |
| Fab Process | 65/55 nm | 40 nm |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| Memory | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 650 MHz | 775 MHz |
| Shader Speed | 1625 MHz | (N/A) MHz |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Unified Shaders | 96 | 400(80x5) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 48 | 20 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 8 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 3.2 |
| Power (Max TDP) | 90 watts | 61 watts |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Bandwidth | 57600 MB/sec | 64000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 31200 Mtexels/sec | 15500 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 10400 Mpixels/sec | 6200 Mpixels/sec |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.
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