GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 470, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 926 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1650 MHz on this particular card. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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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

The Radeon RX 470 should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 is a lot (approximately 349%) better at anisotropic 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

The Radeon RX 470 should be much (more or less 349%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.