GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5700 XT, which comes with a core clock speed of 1605 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It features 2560 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
Radeon RX 5700 XT		225 Watts
	Difference: 141 Watts (168%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 5700 XT should theoretically be much better than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		458752 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 420352 (1095%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 XT should be much (about 873%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		256800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 230400 (873%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5700 XT is superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700 XT		102720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 96120 (1456%)

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 across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, 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 amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. 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 fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.