GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, which comes with a clock speed of 1382 MHz and a HBM2 memory frequency of 1890 MHz. It also makes use of a 2048-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is made up of 4096 SPUs, 256 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		300 Watts
	Difference: 250 Watts (500%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition should be much faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 in general. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		495452 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 469852 (1835%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is a lot (about 3920%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		353792 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 344992 (3920%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition should be a lot (approximately 1910%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		88448 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 84048 (1910%)

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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR 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 AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output 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.