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GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)
Intro
The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB has a clock frequency of 650 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 65/55 nm design. It features 64 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM), which uses a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 800 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 480 SPUs along with 24 TAUs and 8 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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63 Watts |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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95 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
As far as performance goes, the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) should theoretically be just a bit superior to the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall. (explain)
| Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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64000 MB/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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57600 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB should be a bit (more or less 8%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM). (explain)| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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20800 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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19200 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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10400 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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6400 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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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.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce 9600 GT 1GB | Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | Feb 2008 | February 2011 |
| Code Name | G94a/b | Turks |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 512 MB |
| Core Speed | 650 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 4000 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 95 watts | 63 watts |
| Bandwidth | 57600 MB/sec | 64000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 20800 Mtexels/sec | 19200 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 10400 Mpixels/sec | 6400 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 64 | 480 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 32 | 24 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 8 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Fab Process | 65/55 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 505 million | 715 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 11 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 4.1 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the 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 clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
GeForce 9600 GT 1GBAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)Amazon.com
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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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