GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon HD 7750

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 7750, which features a core clock frequency of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1125 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 512 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 7750		55 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
	Difference: 29 Watts (53%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 7750 should be 88% quicker than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon HD 7750		72000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 33600 (88%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB should be a little bit (approximately 3%) more effective at AF than the Radeon HD 7750. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7750		25600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 800 (3%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 7750 is quite a bit (about 94%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon HD 7750		12800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6200 (94%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. 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 quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.