GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6500 XT, which features core clock speeds of 2200 MHz on the GPU, and 2250 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
Radeon RX 6500 XT		107 Watts
	Difference: 23 Watts (27%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 6500 XT should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		147456 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 109056 (284%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6500 XT will be much (approximately 433%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 114400 (433%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6500 XT is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6500 XT		70400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 63800 (967%)

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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied 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 higher this number, the better the 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 the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.