GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which features core speeds of 1855 MHz on the GPU, and 2500 MHz on the 24576 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 6144 SPUs along with 384 Texture Address Units and 192 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
Radeon RX 7900 XTX		355 Watts
	Difference: 305 Watts (610%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX should perform much faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XTX		983040 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 957440 (3740%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is quite a bit (about 7995%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XTX		712320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 703520 (7995%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 7900 XTX is superior to the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 7900 XTX		356160 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 351760 (7995%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

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