GeForce 9600 GT 512MB vs Radeon R7 M265

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M265, which has a clock speed of 725 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB should be 80% faster than the Radeon R7 M265 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M265		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 25600 (80%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GT 512MB will be a little bit (more or less 20%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M265. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		20800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		17400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 3400 (20%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		5800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4600 (79%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.