GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs Radeon R9 M395X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 M395X, which features core speeds of 723 MHz on the GPU, and 1250 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		84 Watts
Radeon R9 M395X		125 Watts
	Difference: 41 Watts (49%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R9 M395X should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 M395X		160000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 121600 (317%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M395X is quite a bit (approximately 251%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M395X		92544 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 66144 (251%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M395X is quite a bit (about 251%) better at AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 M395X		23136 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16536 (251%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.