GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 926 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1650 MHz on this card. It features 2048 SPUs along with 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 1.5GB		84 Watts
Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 36 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 470 4GB should theoretically be a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 172800 (450%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 4GB is quite a bit (about 349%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 92128 (349%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 470 4GB is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23032 (349%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once 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, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number 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 one second.

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