GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Radeon R9 M295X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M295X, which features a clock speed of 750 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1375 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
Radeon R9 M295X		125 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (32%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 M295X, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		176000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 118400 (206%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M295X is quite a bit (about 362%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		96000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 75200 (362%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M295X should be a lot (approximately 131%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		24000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13600 (131%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.