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GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB

Intro

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB features a GPU core speed of 650 MHz, and the 512 MB of GDDR3 memory is set to run at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 96 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB, which features a clock frequency of 625 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 993 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 55 nm design. It is comprised of 800(160x5) SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 90 Watts
Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB 250 Watts
Difference: 160 Watts (178%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB 127104 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 57600 MB/sec
Difference: 69504 (121%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB is much (about 60%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB. (explain)

Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB 50000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 31200 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 18800 (60%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB is quite a bit (more or less 92%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB 20000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB 10400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 9600 (92%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year October 2008 Nov 7, 2008
Code Name G94a/b R700
Memory 512 MB 512 MB (x2)
Core Speed 650 MHz 625 MHz (x2)
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 1986 MHz (x2)
Power (Max TDP) 90 watts 250 watts
Bandwidth 57600 MB/sec 127104 MB/sec
Texel Rate 31200 Mtexels/sec 50000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10400 Mpixels/sec 20000 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 800(160x5) (x2)
Texture Mapping Units 48 40 (x2)
Render Output Units 16 16 (x2)
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit (x2)
Fab Process 65/55 nm 55 nm
Transistors 505 million 956 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 2.0 x16 (PCIe bridge)
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB

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Radeon HD 4850 X2 512MB

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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

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