GeForce 9600 GT 512MB vs Radeon R5 M330

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R5 M330, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1030 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 memory running at 900 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is comprised of 320 SPUs, 20 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB should be much faster than the Radeon R5 M330 overall. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
Radeon R5 M330		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 43200 (300%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GT 512MB will be a bit (approximately 1%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R5 M330. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		20800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		20600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 200 (1%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB is superior to the Radeon R5 M330, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		8240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2160 (26%)

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 MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the 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, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.