GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs Radeon R9 380 4G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 380 4G, which has a GPU core clock speed of 970 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1425 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1792 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		84 Watts
Radeon R9 380 4G		190 Watts
	Difference: 106 Watts (126%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 380 4G should be 375% faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 4G		182400 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 144000 (375%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 4G should be much (approximately 312%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 4G		108640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 82240 (312%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 4G should be a lot (more or less 370%) better at AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 4G		31040 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24440 (370%)

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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling 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 its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.