GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which has a clock frequency of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1400 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		50 Watts
Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (120%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 370 4G will be 600% faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		25600 MB/sec
	Difference: 153600 (600%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G is a lot (more or less 609%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 53600 (609%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 4G is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.