GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon R9 M375

Intro

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

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, in theory, should perform a small bit faster than the Radeon R9 M375 overall. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M375		35200 MB/sec
	Difference: 3200 (9%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M375 should be much (approximately 54%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375		40600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14200 (54%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M375 is much (more or less 146%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375		16240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9640 (146%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.