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GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs Radeon HD 4670 1GB
Intro
The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB has core speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 96 SPUs along with 48 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 4670 1GB, which comes with clock speeds of 750 MHz on the GPU, and 1100 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR4/GDDR3/DDR3/DDR2 RAM. It features 320(64x5) SPUs along with 32 Texture Address Units and 8 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 4670 1GB |
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70 Watts |
| GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB |
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90 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should theoretically perform a lot faster than the Radeon HD 4670 1GB in general. (explain)
| GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB |
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57600 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 4670 1GB |
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35200 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should be much (more or less 30%) more effective at AF than the Radeon HD 4670 1GB. (explain)| GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB |
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31200 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 4670 1GB |
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24000 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB is superior to the Radeon HD 4670 1GB, by a large margin. (explain)| GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB |
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10400 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 4670 1GB |
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6000 Mpixels/sec |
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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
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB | Radeon HD 4670 1GB |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | October 2008 | Sep 10, 2008 |
| Code Name | G94a/b | RV730 XT |
| Memory | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 650 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 90 watts | 70 watts |
| Bandwidth | 57600 MB/sec | 35200 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 31200 Mtexels/sec | 24000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 10400 Mpixels/sec | 6000 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 96 | 320(64x5) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 48 | 32 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 8 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR4/GDDR3/DDR3/DDR2 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Fab Process | 65/55 nm | 55 nm |
| Transistors | 505 million | 514 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe 2.0 x16, AGP 8x |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 3.0 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MBAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 4670 1GBAmazon.com
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Comments
2 Responses to “GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs Radeon HD 4670 1GB”hello,
i am very confused on buying a graphic card i was wondering about radeon hd 4670 but after seeing this comparison it shows that geforce 9600 gso is better than radeon hd 4670.
but still please tell me which one is better for playing games like gta 4 and many more..
GTA4 is one of few games that would actually benefit from the extra video RAM that the 4670 has, but it's a lot slower overall though... the 9600GSO would still be faster.
Depends on your budget I guess... there are cards that are much better than both of these.
http://www.hwcompare.com/4031/geforce-9600-gso-512mb/
Handy list for a quick overview of how various cards compare to the 9600 GSO.
I have a 9800GT and GTA4 runs fine as long as I keep the settings around medium. Same with newer games, can't run most of them on max, but they do run fine.