GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs Radeon R5 M330

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R5 M330, which comes with GPU core speed of 1030 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM set to run at 900 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is comprised of 320 SPUs, 20 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the Radeon R5 M330 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should be quite a bit (approximately 51%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R5 M330. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		31200 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		20600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10600 (51%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB will be much (more or less 26%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R5 M330, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, 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 figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at 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 that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.