GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon R9 Fury X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 Fury X, which comes with GPU core speed of 1050 MHz, and 4096 MB of HBM memory running at 500 MHz through a 4096-bit bus. It also is comprised of 4096 SPUs, 256 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
Radeon R9 Fury X		275 Watts
	Difference: 225 Watts (450%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R9 Fury X should theoretically be much better than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 Fury X		512000 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 486400 (1900%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 Fury X is quite a bit (more or less 2955%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon R9 Fury X		268800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 260000 (2955%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 Fury X should be much (more or less 1427%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon R9 Fury X		67200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 62800 (1427%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.