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GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon R9 380 4G
Intro
The GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB features a core clock speed of 550 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 800 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 65 nm design. It is made up of 96 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 12 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 380 4G, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 970 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1425 MHz on this specific card. It features 1792 SPUs along with 112 TAUs and 32 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB |
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84 Watts |
| Radeon R9 380 4G |
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190 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 380 4G should be a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general. (explain)
| Radeon R9 380 4G |
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182400 MB/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB |
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38400 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon R9 380 4G is a lot (more or less 312%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)| Radeon R9 380 4G |
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108640 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB |
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26400 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Radeon R9 380 4G is much (about 370%) better at AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)| Radeon R9 380 4G |
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31040 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB |
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6600 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
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB | Radeon R9 380 4G |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | May 2008 | June 2015 |
| Code Name | G92 | Antigua PRO |
| Memory | 768 MB | 4096 MB |
| Core Speed | 550 MHz | 970 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1600 MHz | 5700 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 84 watts | 190 watts |
| Bandwidth | 38400 MB/sec | 182400 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 26400 Mtexels/sec | 108640 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 6600 Mpixels/sec | 31040 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 96 | 1792 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 48 | 112 |
| Render Output Units | 12 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 754 million | 5000 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 12.0 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 4.5 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at 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 the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MBAmazon.com
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Radeon R9 380 4GAmazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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