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GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs Radeon HD 4670 1GB
Intro
The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB comes with clock speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 96 SPUs as well as 48 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare that to the Radeon HD 4670 1GB, which features GPU clock speed of 750 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR4/GDDR3/DDR3/DDR2 RAM set to run at 1100 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 320(64x5) Stream Processors, 32 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 4670 1GB |
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70 Watts |
| GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB |
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90 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon HD 4670 1GB in general. (explain)
| GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB |
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57600 MB/sec |
| Radeon HD 4670 1GB |
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35200 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB will be much (approximately 30%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 4670 1GB. (explain)| GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB |
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31200 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 4670 1GB |
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24000 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)| GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB |
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10400 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 4670 1GB |
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6000 Mpixels/sec |
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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
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB | Radeon HD 4670 1GB |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | October 2008 | Sep 10, 2008 |
| Code Name | G94a/b | RV730 XT |
| Memory | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 650 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 90 watts | 70 watts |
| Bandwidth | 57600 MB/sec | 35200 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 31200 Mtexels/sec | 24000 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 10400 Mpixels/sec | 6000 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 96 | 320(64x5) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 48 | 32 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 8 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR4/GDDR3/DDR3/DDR2 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Fab Process | 65/55 nm | 55 nm |
| Transistors | 505 million | 514 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe 2.0 x16, AGP 8x |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 3.0 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock 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 processed per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.
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Comments
2 Responses to “GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs Radeon HD 4670 1GB”hello,
i am very confused on buying a graphic card i was wondering about radeon hd 4670 but after seeing this comparison it shows that geforce 9600 gso is better than radeon hd 4670.
but still please tell me which one is better for playing games like gta 4 and many more..
GTA4 is one of few games that would actually benefit from the extra video RAM that the 4670 has, but it's a lot slower overall though... the 9600GSO would still be faster.
Depends on your budget I guess... there are cards that are much better than both of these.
http://www.hwcompare.com/4031/geforce-9600-gso-512mb/
Handy list for a quick overview of how various cards compare to the 9600 GSO.
I have a 9800GT and GTA4 runs fine as long as I keep the settings around medium. Same with newer games, can't run most of them on max, but they do run fine.