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GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs Radeon R7 M265

Intro

The GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB uses a 65 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 550 MHz. The GDDR3 memory runs at a speed of 800 MHz on this particular model. It features 96 SPUs along with 48 Texture Address Units and 12 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 M265, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 725 MHz. The DDR3 RAM works at a speed of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 384 SPUs as well as 24 Texture Address Units and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB should theoretically be a small bit better than the Radeon R7 M265 in general. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB 38400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M265 32000 MB/sec
Difference: 6400 (20%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB will be quite a bit (about 52%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M265. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB 26400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M265 17400 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 9000 (52%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB is just a bit (about 14%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R7 M265, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB 6600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M265 5800 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 800 (14%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB Radeon R7 M265
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year May 2008 May 1 2014
Code Name G92 Opal XT
Memory 384 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 725 MHz
Memory Speed 1600 MHz 2000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 84 watts (Unknown) watts
Bandwidth 38400 MB/sec 32000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 26400 Mtexels/sec 17400 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 6600 Mpixels/sec 5800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 384
Texture Mapping Units 48 24
Render Output Units 12 8
Bus Type GDDR3 DDR3
Bus Width 192-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 28 nm
Transistors 754 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x8
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11.2
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.3

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher 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 in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill 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.

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GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB

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