GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which features a clock frequency of 1375 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also features a 192-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is made up of 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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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

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should be 497% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (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 quite a bit (about 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 high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5600 XT is superior to the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and very much so. (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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.