GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB vs Radeon R7 M265

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 M265, which comes with core clock speeds of 725 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 2048 MB of DDR3 memory. It features 384 SPUs along with 24 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB should in theory be a bit superior to the Radeon R7 M265 overall. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		38400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M265		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 6400 (20%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB should be a lot (approximately 52%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 M265. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		26400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		17400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9000 (52%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB is just a bit (more or less 14%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M265, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 1.5GB		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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.