GeForce 9600 GT 512MB vs Radeon R7 240

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 240, which features GPU clock speed of 730 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 memory set to run at 900 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 320 SPUs, 20 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		95 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (217%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB should in theory be much superior to the Radeon R7 240 overall. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 28800 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GT 512MB is much (approximately 42%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		20800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6200 (42%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4560 (78%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

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