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GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB has a GPU core speed of 650 MHz, and the 1024 MB of GDDR3 RAM is set to run at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 64 Stream Processors, 32 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which features GPU core speed of 1375 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR6 RAM running at 1500 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 2304 Stream Processors, 144 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		95 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (68%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 286464 (497%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should be a lot (approximately 852%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 177200 (852%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5600 XT is superior to the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 77600 (746%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model	GeForce 9600 GT 1GB	Radeon RX 5600 XT
Manufacturer	nVidia	AMD
Year	Feb 2008	January 2020
Code Name	G94a/b	Navi 10 XLE
Memory	1024 MB	6144 MB
Core Speed	650 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory Speed	1800 MHz	3000 GB/s
Power (Max TDP)	95 watts	160 watts
Bandwidth	57600 MB/sec	344064 MB/sec
Texel Rate	20800 Mtexels/sec	198000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate	10400 Mpixels/sec	88000 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders	64	2304
Texture Mapping Units	32	144
Render Output Units	16	64
Bus Type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Bus Width	256-bit	192-bit
Fab Process	65/55 nm	7 nm
Transistors	505 million	10300 million
Bus	PCIe x16 2.0	PCIe 4.0 ×16
DirectX Version	DirectX 10	DirectX 12
OpenGL Version	OpenGL 3.0	OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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