GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1156 MHz and a HBM2 memory frequency of 1600 MHz. It also makes use of a 2048-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is made up of 3584 SPUs, 224 Texture Address Units, 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 RX Vega 56		210 Watts
	Difference: 160 Watts (320%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX Vega 56 should be 1538% quicker than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 393830 (1538%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 will be quite a bit (approximately 2843%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 250144 (2843%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 should be quite a bit (more or less 1581%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69584 (1581%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.