GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 vs Radeon R9 M375X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M375X, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1015 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 M375X should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 56000 (350%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M375X should be a lot (more or less 54%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375X		40600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14200 (54%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M375X should be quite a bit (approximately 146%) better at AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512, and capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375X		16240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO ASUS 512		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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

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