GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon R5 M330

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R5 M330, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1030 MHz. The DDR3 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 900 MHz on this specific model. It features 320 SPUs along with 20 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB should in theory be much superior to the Radeon R5 M330 in general. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
Radeon R5 M330		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 24000 (167%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB should be much (more or less 28%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R5 M330. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		20600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5800 (28%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R5 M330 is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R5 M330		8240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1640 (25%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. 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 fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.