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GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Radeon R9 380 4G
Intro
The GeForce 9600 GT 1GB comes with core speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 64 SPUs along with 32 TAUs and 16 ROPs.Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 380 4G, which has a clock speed of 970 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1425 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1792 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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95 Watts |
| Radeon R9 380 4G |
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190 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Performance-wise, the Radeon R9 380 4G should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall. (explain)
| Radeon R9 380 4G |
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182400 MB/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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57600 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon R9 380 4G will be quite a bit (approximately 422%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)| Radeon R9 380 4G |
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108640 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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20800 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 380 4G is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)| Radeon R9 380 4G |
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31040 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce 9600 GT 1GB |
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10400 Mpixels/sec |
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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
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce 9600 GT 1GB | Radeon R9 380 4G |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | Feb 2008 | June 2015 |
| Code Name | G94a/b | Antigua PRO |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 4096 MB |
| Core Speed | 650 MHz | 970 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1800 MHz | 5700 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 95 watts | 190 watts |
| Bandwidth | 57600 MB/sec | 182400 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 20800 Mtexels/sec | 108640 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 10400 Mpixels/sec | 31040 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 64 | 1792 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 32 | 112 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 65/55 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 505 million | 5000 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 12.0 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 4.5 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number 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 a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated 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 fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.
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