GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs Radeon R9 M375

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 M375, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1015 MHz, and 4096 MB of DDR3 RAM running at 1100 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should in theory be a lot faster than the Radeon R9 M375 in general. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		57600 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M375		35200 MB/sec
	Difference: 22400 (64%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M375 will be quite a bit (approximately 30%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375		40600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9400 (30%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M375 should be a lot (about 56%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375		16240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5840 (56%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.