GeForce 9600 GT 512MB vs Radeon R7 M260

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 M260, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 715 MHz. The DDR3 memory runs at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this model. It features 384 SPUs along with 24 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB should perform a lot faster than the Radeon R7 M260 in general. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 41600 (260%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GT 512MB is a lot (approximately 21%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 M260. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		20800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		17160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 3640 (21%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GT 512MB will be quite a bit (approximately 82%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M260, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		5720 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4680 (82%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen 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 number of 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.