GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs Radeon R9 M295X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 M295X, which features core speeds of 750 MHz on the GPU, and 1375 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		84 Watts
Radeon R9 M295X		125 Watts
	Difference: 41 Watts (49%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 M295X should be a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		176000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 137600 (358%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M295X should be a lot (more or less 264%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		96000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 69600 (264%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M295X is quite a bit (about 264%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		24000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17400 (264%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.