GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs Radeon R9 M375

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M375, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1015 MHz. The DDR3 RAM works at a speed of 1100 MHz on this particular model. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB should theoretically be a lot superior to the Radeon R9 M375 overall. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		57600 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M375		35200 MB/sec
	Difference: 22400 (64%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M375 will be much (approximately 30%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375		40600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9400 (30%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M375 is much (about 56%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375		16240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5840 (56%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's 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 lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.