GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which features a GPU core clock speed of 975 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1024 Stream Processors, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		84 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 26 Watts (31%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R7 370 2G should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 140800 (367%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G should be much (about 136%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 36000 (136%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 2G is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24600 (373%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per 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 higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

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