GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs Radeon RX 560

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 560, which features a core clock speed of 1175 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 560		80 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		84 Watts
	Difference: 4 Watts (5%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 560 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		114688 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 76288 (199%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 560 is much (more or less 185%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		75200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 48800 (185%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 560 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		18800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12200 (185%)

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 transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed 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 better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as 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, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.