GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Radeon R5 M255

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R5 M255, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 940 MHz. The DDR3 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this specific card. It features 320 SPUs as well as 20 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB should theoretically be much superior to the Radeon R5 M255 in general. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
Radeon R5 M255		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 41600 (260%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB will be a little bit (more or less 11%) better at AF than the Radeon R5 M255. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R5 M255		18800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2000 (11%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB is much (more or less 38%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R5 M255, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R5 M255		7520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2880 (38%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number 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 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.