GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 480, which features a clock frequency of 1120 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		84 Watts
Radeon RX 480		150 Watts
	Difference: 66 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 480 should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 223744 (583%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 is a lot (approximately 511%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		161280 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 134880 (511%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 will be a lot (more or less 443%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB, and should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		35840 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29240 (443%)

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 max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.