GeForce 9600 GT 1GB vs Radeon R9 M365X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 M365X, which has core speeds of 925 MHz on the GPU, and 1125 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 M365X is 25% faster than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 14400 (25%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M365X is much (approximately 78%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		37000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		20800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16200 (78%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M365X is a lot (about 42%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 9600 GT 1GB, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		14800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GT 1GB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4400 (42%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it 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, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core 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 output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.