GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which comes with a core clock speed of 1375 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1500 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is comprised 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 GSO 1.5GB		84 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 76 Watts (90%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should be 796% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 305664 (796%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT will be much (about 650%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 171600 (650%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is a lot (more or less 1233%) better at FSAA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 81400 (1233%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at 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 graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs 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 fill rate is also dependant on many 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.