GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon R9 M395X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M395X, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 723 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1250 MHz on this card. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
Radeon R9 M395X		125 Watts
	Difference: 41 Watts (49%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 M395X is 317% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon R9 M395X		160000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 121600 (317%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M395X is a lot (approximately 251%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M395X		92544 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 66144 (251%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 M395X is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon R9 M395X		23136 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

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