GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Radeon HD 4750

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 4750, which uses a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 730 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 800 MHz on this particular card. It features 640(128x5) SPUs as well as 32 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4750		75 Watts
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (27%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB should be 13% quicker than the Radeon HD 4750 in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4750		51200 MB/sec
	Difference: 6400 (13%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4750 should be a little bit (more or less 12%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

Radeon HD 4750		23360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2560 (12%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 4750 is the winner, though only just barely. (explain)

Radeon HD 4750		11680 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1280 (12%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

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