GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which has a core clock speed of 1090 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 896 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		84 Watts
	Difference: 9 Watts (12%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 460 2GB should theoretically be much superior to the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 73600 (192%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB should be a lot (about 131%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34640 (131%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB will be much (more or less 164%) better at AA than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10840 (164%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If 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 higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.