GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 975 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1400 MHz on this card. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		50 Watts
Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (120%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 370 4G should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3 overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 153600 (600%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G is quite a bit (more or less 609%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 53600 (609%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G is much (about 609%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3, and also able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR3		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26800 (609%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record 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 clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.