GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 470, which has a core clock speed of 926 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1650 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
Radeon RX 470		120 Watts
	Difference: 36 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 470 should be 450% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 172800 (450%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 should be a lot (about 349%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 92128 (349%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 470 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		29632 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		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 maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs 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 many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.